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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...
04 november 2024
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
No summer lull in the diamond market this year
11 october 2021
According to Yevgeny Agureyev, Deputy CEO of ALROSA, the company summing up this last September the results of three past auctions for the sale of large diamonds observed a steady demand for expensive high-quality rough throughout the trading period, including August, which is traditionally considered a relatively quiet period.
Xtract boosts Manica alluvial gold production
11 october 2021
Xtract Resources has improved its total contractor alluvial gold production at its Manica concession in Mozambique from 284 ounces (oz) in the first quarter of the to 427 oz at the end of the second quarter ended June 30.
BlueRock sells 7.1 ct diamond for $64.8k
08 october 2021
BlueRock Diamonds, which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in South Africa, has sold a 7.1 carat stone for $64,826 in the September tender.
Six suspected illegal miners killed in South Africa’s North West
08 october 2021
Six suspected illegal miners known as zama zamas were killed and 35 arrested after an attack on security guards at an unnamed mine in North West.
Mountain Province Diamonds announced change in executive leadership
08 october 2021
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. announced that the company and Stuart Brown, its president and chief executive officer, have reached a mutual decision that Brown will depart the company, effective immediately.
Opsydia advances new technology of diamond identification
08 october 2021
Opsydia announced they can now place permanent identifiers in melee diamonds without affecting their surface polish. It’s an important advancement for volume manufactures to secure their supply chain and protect it from undisclosed synthetics.
Greece, 6th Mediterranean Gem and Jewellery Conference, postponed to summer 2022
08 october 2021
The 6th annual Mediterranean Gem and Jewellery Conference (MGJC), which was to be held in Greece this year to discuss the valuation and marketing of diamonds and gems, is postponed by its organizers, who are now looking into the June-July 2022 for new dates.
New Zambian govt reviewing mining tax framework – report
07 october 2021
Zambia's new government is reviewing its mining tax framework with key stakeholders to formulate a stable, predictable and competitive regime, according to media reports.
CIBJO releases Technology Special Report, looks at how data is transforming jewellery trade
07 october 2021
With fewer than four weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the fifth of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released.
The fourth CIBJO commissions' special reports released
07 october 2021
The fourth of this year’s CIBJO commissions' special reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by, the report focuses on a three-part process to establish comprehensive standards for diamonds through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). This is a project in which CIBJO has been closely involved.
