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Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki
The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...
14 october 2024
James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration
London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...
07 october 2024
Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products
Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...
30 september 2024
Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
23 september 2024
Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets
Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.
16 september 2024
Gold production in Yakutia increases 9.7% year to date
08 july 2024
Miners in Yakutia's produced 17 tons of gold in the first half of 2024, which is 9.7% more than the same period of the previous year, the press service of the regional ministry of industry and geology reported.
Cyanide contamination detected after accident at Victoria Gold’s mine in Canada
08 july 2024
Canada’s Yukon Territory authorities detected elevated levels of cyanide present in the local waters near Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mine in the wake of an equipment failure and landslide at the project.
Diavik mine to be 25% powered by solar
05 july 2024
Rio Tinto has completed installation of a 3.5-megawatt solar power plant at its Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, which is the largest off-grid solar power plant across the country.
European Lithium to build hydroxide plant in Saudi Arabia
05 july 2024
European Lithium has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide plant in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Obeikan Investment Group. It will specialize in processing the spodumene concentrate from the Wolfsberg lithium mine in Austria.
Diamond prices continue to fall in June - Rapaport
05 july 2024
Diamond prices declined in June amid falling sales and rising inventories, underpinned by weak demand, according to a recent study published by Rapaport.
Petra realises $366 million from the seventh rough diamond tender
05 july 2024
Petra Diamonds, which has operations in South Africa and Tanzania, earned $366 million in revenue from its seventh rough diamond tender for the fiscal year (FY) 2024, a 13% growth compared to $324 million in FY 2023.
China to protect its rare earth resources for national security
05 july 2024
China has adopted a number of rare earth regulations aimed at protecting resources in the interest of national security. In particular, the authorities have adopted mining, smelting and trade regulations for critical elements used in the production of various items - from magnets for electric vehicles to consumer electronics.
Diamcor raises $1.5 mln to advance SA diamond project
05 july 2024
Diamcor Mining has closed a second and final tranche of CND$600,300 ($440,637) of its non-brokered private placement, bringing the total of the offering to just above CND$2 million ($1.5 million).
Russian rough diamond exports down to 32.4 million carats in 2023
04 july 2024
In 2023, diamond exports from Russia fell by 12% to 32.4 million carats, compared to 36.7 million carats a year earlier, according to the Kimberley Process (KP) report.
Sibanye-Stillwater cuts SA region workforce by 14% since 2023
04 july 2024
Sibanye-Stillwater has since the beginning of 2023 reduced the total number of employees and contractors in the Southern African (SA) region by 14% to just over 70,000 from about 81,500 at the end of 2022.
