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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
Sudan boosts H1 gold output as smuggling reduced
04 august 2021
Sudan’s official gold output rose to 30.3 tonnes in the first half of 2021, compared with 15.6 tonnes in the same period, a year earlier as authorities reduced the illicit cross-border trade.
Gemfields boosts H1 emerald output
03 august 2021
Gemfields has produced 10.34 million carats of gemstones, including emeralds and beryls at its 75%-owned Kagem emerald mine, in Zambia in the first half of the year compared to 9.38-million carats, a year earlier.
Angola produces 3.1 mln ct in first four months of 2021 – report
03 august 2021
Angola produced 3.1 million carats of diamonds in the first four months of 2021, according to media reports citing a government official. The country produced 5.3 million carats of diamonds during the same period last year.
Geologists started mining diamond-bearing ore at the Popigai deposit in Russia
03 august 2021
Geologists from Novosibirsk started mining diamond-bearing ore at the Popigai deposit, which is the largest accumulation of diamonds on the planet, ksonline.ru writes.
FCRF: Q2 FCDI is a positive trajectory for all fancy colour diamonds
03 august 2021
The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) has announced the results of Q2 2021, indicating that the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) is a positive trajectory for all fancy colour diamonds.
Diamcor records net loss of $3,4 million in FY 2021
02 august 2021
Diamcor Mining, which is conducting trial mining exercises at its Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa, says it recorded a net loss of $3,4 million in the year ended March 31, 2021, resulting in a $0.05 per share loss.
Lucara recovers 393 ct white gem diamond at Botswana mine
02 august 2021
Lucara Diamond has recovered a 393.5 carat top white Type IIa gem-quality diamond from its wholly-owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. The diamond miner said the diamond was recovered from direct milling of ore sourced from the M/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe.
Grib Diamonds sells a violet diamond for over $100,000 per carat
02 august 2021
Last Thursday, Grib Diamonds, the trading arm of AGD Diamonds, sold a 7-carat violet diamond of Russian origin at a record price of more than $ 100,000 per carat.
WGC: Investment in gold & jewellery increases demand in Q2 2021
02 august 2021
Consumer investment in gold increased in the second quarter of 2021 but some investors were less bullish, according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report. The two forces helped create a gold demand of 955.1t over the quarter, a 9% rise from Q1 2021, and in line with the equivalent period last year of 960.5t.
Angola seeks to grow diamond cutting volume
30 july 2021
Angola is planning to boost its diamond cutting capacity, said the executive secretary of the National Kimberley Process Commission, Estanislau Buio. The current four cutting factories in Angola are struggling to utilize the 20% production allocated under the Code of Policy for Commercialisation of Diamonds.
