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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
Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
23 september 2024
Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets
Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.
16 september 2024
De Beers launches ‘origins’ strategy to grow value, reignite desire for natural diamonds
04 june 2024
De Beers has unveiled its new ‘origins’ strategy to enhance value across its business, from mining through to retail. It said in a statement that the business will be streamlined and investments will be focused on high-return projects in core upstream assets, midstream technologies, natural diamond retail and synthetic diamond technology solutions.
Supernika project took the second place in the prestigious HR Brand competition
04 june 2024
The HR Brand Award is a legendary competition among representatives of large companies who share their experiences and are inspired by new business ideas.
Indonesia imports record amounts of nickel ore from Philippines
04 june 2024
Indonesia has imported a record volume of nickel ore from the Philippines in April as delays in issuing mining quotas are plaguing the nickel sector in the country, which is world’s biggest producer of the metal.
Australia to supply critical minerals to EU
04 june 2024
Authorities of Australia and the European Union have signed a pact to boost cooperation and investment in critical minerals production in a move to reduce dependency on Chinese supply.
RBI transferred over 100 tonnes of gold from UK to domestic vaults for the first time in 33 years
03 june 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has transferred more than 100 tonnes of gold from the UK to its domestic vaults for the first time since 1991. According to The Times of India, another similar shipment of gold may be sent to the country in the coming months.
Dmitry Lazarev became the CEO of 585*GOLDEN
03 june 2024
Previously, he held senior positions at Sunlight, M.Video-Eldorado and Sotmarket. The 585* GOLDEN company highly appreciated Lazarev's experience in finding and creating new mechanics and services to attract and retain customers in offline and online sales channels.
Siberian scientists proposed to extract gold from ore with the help of bacteria
03 june 2024
Siberian scientists have developed a unique method for extracting gold and antimony from multicomponent ores, which has no analogues in Russia.
Norilsk Nickel presents new metal markets forecast
03 june 2024
Norilsk Nickel published a new review of the metals market, in which it assessed supply and demand prospects for its products.
Xtract adds three large-scale copper exploration licences to Zambia JV
03 june 2024
Xtract Resources has entered into an addendum to restate the existing joint venture agreement with Cooperlemon Consultancy about the exploration of copper in Zambia.
Gemfields’ May emerald auction sets new average price per carat record
31 may 2024
Gemfields sold 208,990 carats of high-quality emeralds mined at its 75%-owned Kagem Mine in Zambia for total auction revenues of $35 million.
