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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
Tiffany & Co. launches engagement ring for men
07 may 2021
Tiffany & Co., the iconic New York Jeweler, will launch its first-ever engagement ring collection for men. While its wedding rings cater to both men and women, Tiffany has never designed an engagement ring specifically with men in mind - till today.
Lucapa rakes in $1.5mln from Mothae diamond sale
06 may 2021
Lucapa Diamond has realised $1.5 million from the third sale of the year of diamonds from its 70%-owned Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. It said the 3,617-carat parcel of rough diamonds was sold for $420 per carat.
Top gemstone and jewellery brands & CGWG launch sustainability resource platform
06 may 2021
To boost the coloured gemstone industry, leading jewellery makers Chopard, Kering, LVMH, Richemont, Swarovski and Tiffany & Co., now part of the LVMH Group and coloured gemstone mining companies Gemfields and Muzo and Coloured Gemstones Working Group (CGWG) have launched the Gemstones and Jewellery Community Platform, uniting gemstone and jewellery brands through shared commitments for people and the planet.
Botswana Diamonds discovers new kimberlite blow at Thorny River
06 may 2021
Botswana Diamonds says it has discovered a new blow or swell in the kimberlite dyke on its Thorny River property, in South Africa. The new blow was about the same size as the River Blow discovered at Thorny River in November 2020.
LGDs more popular in Europe than in US
06 may 2021
Jewelry buyers in Western Europe are more likely to embrace lab-grown diamonds than those in the USA, says an idexonline report citing new research by The MVEye. According to the research findings, forty-one per cent said they had bought or been given an LGD, compared with 32 per cent in the USA.
The first jewelry exhibition of the EAEU "J-1 Kazakhstan" will be held in Nur-Sultan
06 may 2021
The International Jewelry Exhibition-Congress "J-1 Kazakhstan" will be held from June 30 to July 2 in Nur-Sultan. The event will take place within the framework of the annual financial conference "Astana Finance Days".
De Beers contributes 4% to Anglo American's underlying EBITDA in 2020
05 may 2021
Anglo American's diamonds unit contributed 4% to the group's underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA). The diversified miner, which has an 85% stake in De Beers, revealed in its seventh annual Tax and Economic Contribution Report that diamonds contributed $417 million to the group's EBITDA in 2020.
Gem Diamonds unearths 254ct diamond from Lesotho mine
05 may 2021
Gem Diamonds has recovered a high quality 254 carat Type II white diamond from its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
Pandora to launch LGD jewellery starting from £250 on 6 May
05 may 2021
Pandora has announced on 4 May that its next milestone is a lab-grown diamond line. While much-needed efforts and initiatives are no doubt underway to improve the world of diamond mining, a sustainable, ethical alternative is fast becoming a serious source of competition in the form of lab-grown diamonds.
The International jewelry exhibition-congress will be held in Moscow in September
05 may 2021
The International jewelry exhibition-congress J-1 will be held on September 26-28 at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition complex in Moscow. According to the organizing committee, the exhibition will unite on one platform all segments of the jewelry industry in Russia, provide specialists from different countries with comfortable conditions for exchanging experience and allow guests to get acquainted with the current trends in the industry.
