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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
Christie's puts up for auction diamond bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette
10 september 2021
The British auction house Christie's announced that the top lot of the Magnificent Jewels auction to be held on November 9, 2021 in Geneva, will be a pair of bracelets with 112 diamonds belonging to the wife of Louis XVI, Queen of France Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), with an estimated value of $2 million-$4 million.
JSC AGD DIAMONDS is the best organization in Russia in the field of labor protection
09 september 2021
JSC AGD DIAMONDS entered the top five in the field of labor protection among the largest organizations in the production sector of Russia. These results were summed up at the “Success and Safety-2021” competition organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation.
ALROSA purchased over 80% of rough auctioned by Russia’s state repository Gokhran
09 september 2021
ALROSA continues to cater to the demand for rough diamonds, as the market deficit remains amid global supply decrease and sustained consumer interest in diamond jewellery, the company said in a press statement released on Wednesday.
China’s monthly retail growth of Gold, Silver and Jewellery products dips in July
09 september 2021
According to figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales of gold, silver and jewellery products by enterprises above the designated size amounted to 20.3 billion yuan in July and increased by 14.3% y-o-y.
ICMM issues a guidance document of universal definition for socially and environmentally responsible materials, products and production practices
09 september 2021
As an internationally accepted definition of responsible sourcing does not currently exist, the British Standards Institution (BSI) has developed a responsible sourcing sector certification schemes standard for construction products that define responsible sourcing as ‘the management of sustainable development in the provision or procurement of a product’.
De Beers earns $515mln from seventh sales cycle
08 september 2021
De Beers has sold rough diamonds during its seventh sales cycle of the year for $515-million compared with the $514-million recorded in the sixth sales cycle and $334-million, a year earlier.
NDC‘s Ad Campaign starring Ana de Armas launches today
08 september 2021
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) announces the launch of its second global ‘For Moments Like No Other’ advertising campaign inspired by a singular, direct manifesto: “Love Life,” says a press release from the Council.
The Russian Ministry of Finance launches an exhibition project dedicated to the history of Russian jewelry art
08 september 2021
The jewelry exhibition “The Ministry of Finance of Russia at the Origins of the Russian Exhibition Movement. Triumph of Russian Jewelry Art” will be held today as part of the V Moscow Financial Forum. The main exhibit of this show will be a replica of the Great Imperial Crown of the Russian Empire presented by the Gokhran of Russia.
Shanta makes progress at West Kenya project as it identifies visible gold
08 september 2021
Shanta Gold has identified visible gold in three intersections across 11 holes drilled in June and July at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits under the West Kenya project in Kenya. The true width of mineralisation is estimated at 60% to 70% of the intercept core length, it said.
Diamcor tenders continue to record strong dollar per carat, revenue
07 september 2021
Diamcor Mining sold 1,340.70 carats of rough diamonds recovered from the processing of quarry material at its Krone Endora at Venetia Project, in South Africa were sold, generating additional gross revenues of about $302 000. The third tender sales in the quarter ending September 30, which took place in late August resulted in an average price of $225.12 per carat for the diamonds sold.
