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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
Ekati mine staff will return to work in full at the end of February
05 february 2021
Dominion Diamond Mines, which completed the sale of the Ekati Diamond Mine on Wednesday, said that the mine staff will return to work in full by the end of February.
Botswana accelerates non-diamond exploration
05 february 2021
Botswana has accelerated plans to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to potential investors to promote non-diamond exploration, according to President Mokgweetsi Masisi. He told a virtual 2021 Investing in African Mining Indaba that Botswana seeks to expand its revenue base to avoid reliance on diamonds.
South African mining firms shine on JSE despite COVID-19 pandemic
05 february 2021
South African mining companies showed resilience and ability to recover as they had a strong showing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
De Beers Group collaborates with graduates from Central Saint Martins
05 february 2021
De Beers Group launched the ReSet Forever Love collection, a celebration of love and sustainability in the modern world, as interpreted by three emerging jewellery designers who recently graduated from Central Saint Martins in London, one of the world’s leading design schools.
Outstripping rise in rough prices may be triggered by upsurge in polished prices
04 february 2021
According to VTB Capital, an investment bank headquartered in Moscow, the increase in prices for rough diamonds by their largest suppliers, De Beers and ALROSA at the end of last year and the start of this year was triggered by an upsurge in polished prices over the past 6 months.
De Beers starts year on sparkling note as mid-stream customers restock
04 february 2021
De Beers has accrued $650 million from the first sales cycle of 2021 compared to $551 million, a year earlier or $452 million the previous month, according to Anglo American.
Zim deletes contentious clause that unnerved mining investors
04 february 2021
Zimbabwe has capitulated under pressure as it deleted a clause in the amendment to the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which recently unnerved investors who viewed it as a clandestine return of the controversial 51-49% ownership structure in the mining industry.
GIA is accepting scholarship applications until March 31, 2021
04 february 2021
GIA is accepting scholarship applications until March 31, 2021 for classes that start June through December of this year. The scholarships are open to prospective students around the world.
India seeks to develop production of lab-grown diamonds
03 february 2021
India has doubled the base customs duty on imports of lab-grown polished diamonds in an effort to protect and develop its own production of such goods.
Lucapa sells Lulo diamonds for $5.9 mln
03 february 2021
Lucapa Diamond has conducted its first diamond sale of 2021 from its 40%-owned Lulo alluvial mine in Angola, which raked in $5.9 million. A rough diamond parcel of 4,273 carats was sold for $1,375 per carat.
