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Helga Pombal: Angola's Stardiam finds solution to the threat posed by lab-grown diamonds
Stardiam manager of production Helga Pombal told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa on the sidelines of the Angola International Diamond Conference that lab-grown diamonds are creating a parallel market for more accessible stones, combined with lower...
11 november 2024
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
Rio Tinto’s diamond production up 18% y-o-y in Q1
21 april 2021
Rio Tinto Group announced its production figures on April 20 for 3 month ending March 31, indicating a rise in the rough diamond production from its Diavik mine in Canada. Rio Tinto owns a 60% stake in Diavik.
Surat’s diamond manufacturing sector unaffected by the COVID-19
21 april 2021
Even as several migrant workers have left Gujarat's Surat city due to the COVID-19 surge and anticipation of a lockdown, people associated with the diamond industry claimed the current scenario has had no impact on the trade so far.
Lucapa ups Lulo diamond resource by 35%
20 april 2021
Lucapa Diamond has reported a 35% increase in the resource carats at its 40%-owned Lulo alluvial diamond mine in Angola to a new high of 135,900 carats from the previous 100,700 carats.
Diamond certification delayed due to COVID-19
20 april 2021
In the manufacturing centre Surat (India), the demand for certification of diamonds has shot up in recent times. The diamond companies are forced to wait for at least two months as compared to the standard one-month period, to get the certificate due to the pandemic restrictions.
Gemfields earns over $31mln from emerald mini auctions in April
20 april 2021
Gemfields has earned $31.4-million in revenue from a series of five sequential mini-auctions of emeralds produced at its 75%-owned Kagem mine, in Zambia. The mini-auctions took place recently for two days.
Gold prices in India jumped ₹3,000 in April
20 april 2021
Gold prices in India jumped about ₹3,000 per 10 gram in April from the levels of about ₹44,000 at the start of the month amid positive global cues. On 16 April, the local gold futures were trading around ₹47,000 per 10 grams.
ALROSA Q1 2021 operating results
19 april 2021
ALROSA, a global leader in diamond production, reported its Q1 2021 diamond production of 7.5 m carats and sales of 15.5 m carats.
GJC seeks postponement of ‘mandatory hallmarking’ implementation to June 2022
19 april 2021
The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has written to the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Govt of India, to consider postponing and extending the deadline for implementation of mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery to June 2022.
Namdia will not renew controversial diamond evaluation contract – report
19 april 2021
Namibia's state-owned Namib Desert Diamond (Namdia) will not renew the diamond evaluation contract of Nuska Technologies, according to the local media citing a senior government official. Namdia appointed Nuska Technologies (then C-Sixty Investments) as a diamond evaluator in 2016 and the contract expires in October this year.
SA platinum miner's operations hamstrung by COVID-19
19 april 2021
South Africa's platinum miner Wesizwe says the use of two underground mine shafts at its Bakubung mine in the North West province was seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
