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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
Gem Diamonds recovers 370-carat white diamond from Letšeng
12 may 2021
Gem Diamonds has unearthed a high quality 370 carat Type II, white diamond, from its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho. This follows the company's recovery of another high quality 254 carat Type II white diamond from Letšeng last week.
Lulo diamonds achieves an average price of $1,239 per carat – Lucapa
12 may 2021
Lucapa Diamond has sold a rough diamond parcel of 4,000 carats from its 40%-owned Lulo alluvial mine in Angola for $5 million. The diamonds, it said, achieved an average price of $1,239 per carat.
ALROSA holds successful online auction in April for special size rough diamonds
12 may 2021
ALROSA has successfully sold about 95 percent of lots at its digital auction in April, the company's media communications service reported.
Indian jewellers get interim relief from ‘mandatory hallmarking’ till 14 June 2021
12 may 2021
In response to a writ petition filed by the All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court passed an interim order on 7th May 2021, to stop the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) from taking any coercive action against jewellers who may not comply with BIS mandatory hallmarking regulations due to the lack of infrastructure.
PGM miner Eastplats boosts revenue from SA operations
12 may 2021
Eastplats, which owns platinum group metal (PGM) and chrome assets in South Africa, has recorded a 43% growth in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020, of $56.1 million compared to $39.2 million in the prior year.
May auction of AGD DIAMONDS
11 may 2021
The diamond auction held on May 10 by Grib Diamonds, an Antwerp-based trading division of AGD DIAMONDS, has yielded over USD 26 million in revenue.
DMIA to showcase diamond verification equipment in New York
11 may 2021
The Diamond Manufacturers & Importers Association of America (DMIA), in cooperation with the Assure Program of the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and the Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC), will host its first annual Diamond Technology Showcase, offering its members and industry operators at large an opportunity to try and test many of the diamond screening devices available today.
WGC: Surging COVID cases in India slowed down demand recovery in Q1
11 may 2021
Following healthy retail demand in March, India’s consumer demand slowed in April under pressure from surging COVID infections and a rising domestic gold price. Many Indian States have implemented partial lockdowns and only essential businesses remain open, says World Gold Council (WGC).
CNRG slams gold smuggling in Zimbabwe
11 may 2021
The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has expressed grave concern over the continued smuggling of Zimbabwe's mineral resources, particularly gold by politically connected criminal networks.
Natural diamond industry organizations ask Pandora to correct recent public statement
10 may 2021
Unhappy with Pandora, one of the world’s leading fashion jewellery retailers, publishing a public statement with a narrative positioning laboratory-grown diamonds (LGDs) as an ethical choice versus natural diamonds, the leadership of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the World Diamond Council (WDC), CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) are up in arms.
