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

Zimbabwe loses 11 tonnes of gold to smuggling

24 june 2021

Zimbabwe lost a third of its average gold production to smugglers last year, according to media reports citing Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) — an arm of the central bank with a monopoly on buying, refining and exporting the country’s gold.

ALROSA’s Aikhal Division resumes production at Zarya open pit mine

24 june 2021

This month, ALROSA’s Aikhal Mining Division accounting for 0,9% of the company’s total diamond output in 2020 resumed production at the Zarya open pit mine. Aikhal’s first ore has been dispatched to the stockpile at Plant No. 14 for further processing, the company's media communications service reported.

Lucara unearths 1,174 ct diamond from Karowe

24 june 2021

Lucara Diamond has recovered a 1,174.76 carat diamond from its 100% owned Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana.

The sector’s top players at the international trade show Vicenzaoro September 2021

24 june 2021

The gold-jewellery market is confidently looking at the coming edition of VOS Vicenzaoro September - The Jewellery Boutique Show, the international jewellery show.

Not every stone that sparkles is a diamond, South Africans learn the hard way

24 june 2021

There was a recent ‘diamond rush’ in the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province recently after a herd man initially dug up a shiny stone on an open field.

De Beers boosts earnings from latest rough diamonds sale

23 june 2021

De Beers raked in $470 million from its fifth sales cycle compared to $385 million, the previous sales cycle, according to its parent company, Anglo American.

DGCX signs MoU with Sudan’s FMA to strengthen Africa’s gold market

23 june 2021

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Markets Regulatory Authority (FMA) in Sudan to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the trading of gold between the UAE and Sudan through the exchange of experiences, according to a press release from DGCX.

Sotheby’s diamond auction marks another bitcoin milestone

23 june 2021

The 101.38-carat pear shaped flawless diamond - The Key 10138, which carries a pre-sale estimate of $10 million - $15 million, will be sold by Sotheby's on July 9 in Hong Kong.

The Jewellers’ Guild of Russia held its reporting and election meeting

23 june 2021

The Association "Jewellers’ Guild of Russia" held its reporting and election meeting on June 18. Due to the difficult situation regarding the incidence of coronavirus infection, the meeting was held in the format of a video conference.

Norilsk Nickel on ecology, indigenous peoples of the North, and public control

22 june 2021

The implementation of events within the strategy pursued by Norilsk Nickel’s production divisions in the field of ecology and climate change will require up to $ 1 billion per year, said Andrey Bugrov, the company’s Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development.