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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
ICMM advocates for responsible mining
12 april 2021
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an organisation dedicated to a safe, fair and sustainable mining and metals industry, says there will be continued demand for minerals to support a greener, safer, low-carbon and more sustainable future.
Gems and jewellery export operations in Mumbai to resume with restrictions
12 april 2021
The Government of Maharashtra has once again allowed gems and jewellery export operations to resume, with restrictions in the number of people working in export units during the ongoing night curfew, weekend lockdown and restrictions of people at workplace to curtail the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
S&P upgrades Petra Diamonds' credit rating after restructuring
12 april 2021
Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global has raised its long-term issuer credit rating on Petra Diamonds to 'B-' from 'D' following its restructuring exercise.
GJC requests Maharashtra govt to allow jewellers to operate in lockdown
12 april 2021
The national body of the gems and jewellery industry, All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has written to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray to allow jewellers to operate on the festive days in April and the upcoming wedding season despite the lockdown.
ALROSA nets $357 million from diamond sales in March 2021
09 april 2021
The company announced on Friday that its total sales of rough and polished goods in March reached $357 million, including $345 million from rough diamonds and $12 million from polished diamonds.
Survey: Retailers fast-tracking robotic automation technologies in the wake of COVID-19
09 april 2021
Sixty four percent of retailers believe it is important to have a clear, executable, and budgeted robotics automation strategy in place in 2021, including 77% of large retailers.
BlueRock issues new shares to repay loan to ex-CEO
09 april 2021
BlueRock Diamonds, which owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine in South Africa, has issued 61,013 ordinary shares for £0.43 a share to part satisfy the payment of interest and repayment premium under the terms of the original loan agreement between the company and its former chief executive Adam Waugh.
Eastplats completes reconfiguring, optimisation of small-scale PGM circuit
09 april 2021
JSE-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) says it recently completed the reconfiguring and optimisation of the small-scale PGM circuit, which also included completion of the initial work required to restart the main PGM plant circuit in South Africa.
World’s first ‘Diamond Identification Series’ to launch Live on April 9
08 april 2021
An intercontinental diamond educational web series will premiere on Friday, April 9, 2021, when BrankoGems.com launches its Advanced Diamond Online Academy.
FCRF: Fancy color diamonds best investment category for next generation
08 april 2021
The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) has published a new article to shed light on Fancy Color Diamonds as an investment category.
