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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
Engagement rings boost demand for diamond jewellery in US
24 november 2020
De Beers says the increased rates of couples in the United States that are getting engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic is helping boost demand for diamond jewellery.
Lucara Botswana MD gets top gong
24 november 2020
Lucara Botswana managing director (MD) Naseem Lahri was named as one of the world’s top 100 women in mining. Women in Mining UK publishes bi-annually a list of the ‘100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining’ to celebrate the contribution of women to the global mining industry.
Murowa in stand-off with Sese community over diamond prospecting
24 november 2020
RioZim's Murowa Diamonds is in a stand-off with the Sese community in Chivi, Zimbabwe where the company is currently prospecting for diamonds.
China’s jewellery sales up by 16.7 % in October
24 november 2020
According to the National Statistics Bureau of China, sales of gold, silver and jewellery rose 16.7 per cent in October from 13.1 per cent in September.
Petra Diamonds boosts payments to SA, Tanzanian governments
23 november 2020
Aim-listed Petra Diamonds, which has mining operations in South Africa and Tanzania, paid $24.5 million to governments during the financial year ending 30 June 2020 compared with $23.1 million, a year earlier.
Star Diamond intends to add new claims to its ongoing litigation against Rio Tinto Canada
23 november 2020
Star Diamond said last Thursday it intends to add new claims to its ongoing litigation against Rio Tinto Canada after completing an internal study proving that Rio Tinto Canada’s diamond recovery methodologies lead to undue diamond breakage.
Namdeb gets royalties payment relief to extend operations beyond 2023
23 november 2020
Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers, has been granted a royalties payment relief to help it expand its land-based operations beyond 2023.
Zimbabwe re-introduces beneficiation tax
23 november 2020
The Zimbabwean government's new economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which seeks to grow the economy at an average 5% for the next five years, will see the re-introduction of a "beneficiation tax" on unprocessed base metals to push miners to set up a refinery.
Bain study says luxury industry heavily hit by COVID-19 preserves ability to recover
20 november 2020
The 19th edition of the Bain & Company Luxury Study said the COVID-19 outbreak caused an unprecedented fall in luxury market size to EUR217 billion, down 23 percent from 2019, however accelerating potential for change and transformation.
ALROSA sums up results of diamond sales in Belgium, Israel and Dubai
20 november 2020
ALROSA in November successfully held competitive rough diamond sales in its foreign offices. Apart from two special size (over 10.8 carats) rough diamond auctions, the company held the international road show and competitive sales of fancy colored rough.
