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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
Jewelers Guild of Russia asks government to go slow on jewelry hallmarking
30 december 2020
The Jewelers Guild of Russia submitted a letter to the government informing about the situation in the jewelry industry in connection with the introduction of jewelry hallmarking and expressing concern regarding the correctness of hallmarking technique chosen by the regulator and the amount of time needed for jewelry goods to pass this procedure.
JUNWEX Petersburg to be held in February in St. Petersburg
30 december 2020
The 29th International jewelry exhibition JUNWEX Petersburg will be held on February 3-7 in St. Petersburg. Traditionally, the exhibition in Russia’s northern capital presents the best companies not only in Russia, but also abroad.
BDB members give ‘in-principle approval’ for LGD trading
29 december 2020
The Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) members during the Annual General Meeting held yesterday, have in principle approved the trading of lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) within the BDB. However, members cannot start trading in LGDs just yet. The BDB Managing Committee will now draw up a set of guidelines to be followed by members who wish to trade in LGDs.
Russia’s Ministry of Finance: "The market will recover next year by 5% -10%"
29 december 2020
Alexey Moiseev, Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister told PRIME Business News in an interview yesterday that the global diamond market is improving and said that diamond prices will recover by 5% -10% next year.
Worker at Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s North tests positive for COVID-19
29 december 2020
Dominion Diamond Mines, the company that owns a controlling interest in the Ekati mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, reported that one employee travelling to the mine on December 23, 2020, tested positive for COVID-19.
Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz sentenced to five years jail in Romania
29 december 2020
Businessman Beny Steinmetz and communications consultant Tal Silberstein have been convicted in the Romanian Supreme Court to five years imprisonment. Earlier both were acquitted on all charges in the lower court.
ALROSA is studying the lab-grown diamond market, but does not plan to enter it
28 december 2020
Alexey Moiseev, Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister said in an interview with RIA Novosti, that ALROSA is studying the lab-grown diamond market but is not planning partnerships with producers of lab-grown diamonds.
AGD DIAMONDS gives the name of Fedot Shubin to recovered diamond
28 december 2020
The Grib Mining and Processing Division of AGD DIAMONDS recovered a gem-quality diamond weighing 186.54 carats on December 24, 2020. The diamond was named after Fedot Shubin, an outstanding Russian sculptor of the 18th century, who was born in the Arkhangelsk Province.
Lucapa sets sights on Merlin Diamond Mine in Australia
28 december 2020
In a recent statement for the press, Lucapa Diamond said it is participating in the sale process being conducted by the liquidators of Merlin Diamonds Limited (MDL) to acquire certain assets of MDL, which include the Merlin kimberlite diamond mine located in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Russia’s Ministry of Finance: Demand for hallmarked jewelry will see soaring growth in 2021
28 december 2020
Alexey Moiseev, Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister expressed confidence that jewelry hallmarking to be introduced next year, will lead to an explosive growth in jewelry sales.
