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Ellah Muchemwa: ADPA to launch Africa's first diamond mining standard next year
The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which is based in Luanda, Angola, and represents the interests of mainly African diamond producers and those with the potential to produce diamonds, will next year launch the Sustainable Development...
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Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future
Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...
28 october 2024
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
Rio Tinto begins community, environmental engagements over Chiri diamond JV
26 november 2021
Rio Tinto Angola has commenced community and environmental engagements over its Chiri diamond concession in the Lunda Norte Province, according to a senior company official.
Angola still working on the establishment of diamond exchange
25 november 2021
Angola is still working on the implementation of a diamond exchange, which will be second on the African continent, a senior government official has said.
Angola produces 6.5 M Cts in the first 10 months of 2021
25 november 2021
Angola produced 6.5 million carats of rough diamonds in the first 10 months of the year, according to the country’s mineral resources minister.
Angola International Diamond Conference begins
25 november 2021
The inaugural Angola International Diamond Conference (AIDC) has begun at the Saurimo Diamond Development Hub in the eastern Lunda Sul Province. The invite-only conference will, among other things, seek to promote the country’s diamonds as a strategic mineral for the diversification of the economy.
ALROSA ALLIANCE: New way of life
25 november 2021
ALROSA has presented its customers with a new concept of creating a list of partners eligible for signing long-term agreements and new rough diamonds allocation principles, which will be relevant for the 2022–2024 contract period.
De Beers rough diamond sales slide
25 november 2021
De Beers earned $430 million from its ninth sales cycle of 2021 compared to $492 million during the eighth sales cycle or $62 million, a year earlier.
Chow Tai Fook’s H1 profit up 60.4% to $460 mn
25 november 2021
In the first half of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, Chow Tai Fook’s (CTF) profit rose by 60.4 per cent to around $460 mn while revenues were up 79.1 per cent to around $5.67 bn.
BlueRock Diamonds restarts mining at Kareevlei
25 november 2021
AIM-listed diamond producer BlueRock Diamonds has resumed operations at its Kareevlei diamond mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa after a safety breach notice. The diamond company had temporarily suspended operations after South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) instructed it to do so.
Mountain Province Diamonds adds strategic claims to the Kennady North Project
25 november 2021
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. provided an update for its 100%-held Kennady North Project. Following staking in early 2020 that increased the Kennady North Project area by 35 percent, three additional claims have now been staked and filed with the government recorder for the Northwest Territories in Canada.
Indian government mandates self-regulation for import-export of rough diamonds
24 november 2021
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Government of India, through notification no. 43 /2015-2020 dated 22nd November 2021, has announced that import or export of rough diamonds will be permitted only to members registered with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), which is the designated importing and exporting authority for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), says a press release from GJEPC.
