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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
Tiancheng International Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn 2020 slated for 28 November
18 november 2020
The Tiancheng International Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn Auction will take place on 28 November offering a dazzling array of treasures, according to a press release. Leading the auction is a 6.70-Carat Natural Fancy Deep Yellow Diamond of intense colour and vivacity.
Botswana Diamonds gets nod to acquire Sekaka from Petra
17 november 2020
Botswana Diamonds has received permission from Petra's lenders and noteholders as well as Botswana minister of mineral resources to acquire Sekaka Diamonds.
SA mining output down 2.8% y-o-y in Sept despite diamonds recovery
17 november 2020
South Africa's mining production dropped by 2.8% year-on-year in September 2020, according to data released by Statistics South Africa. It said the largest negative contributor was iron ore (-30,5% and contributing -3,5 percentage points) while the largest positive contributor was diamonds (46,5% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).
Angola negotiates return of multinational diamond miners
17 november 2020
Angola is negotiating the return of the world’s major diamond companies to the country with emphasis on De Beers and Rio Tinto, according to Ganga Júnior, Chairman of ENDIAMA, the Angolan National Diamond Company, who said that contacts and negotiations in some cases “are already at an advanced stage.”
"Jewelry Winter" is on the doorstep
17 november 2020
The Ilgiz F Gallery is to hold the third annual “Jewelry Winter” Exhibition, which will open in the evening on November 19, 2020 and will run until November 27 this year.
The event will traditionally bring together the most prominent designers working in a variety of styles - from bio-cosmic avant-garde to ethnicity.
The Sprit of the Rose bought for $26.6 M at Sotheby’s auction in Geneva
16 november 2020
A superb one-of-a-kind fancy vivid purple-pink diamond weighing 14.83 carats named “The Spirit of the Rose” was put under the hammer at Sotheby’s in Geneva and bought for $26.6 million last Wednesday.
Fancy Color Diamond prices dip a nominal 0.7% in Q3 2020
16 november 2020
The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) has announced the results of the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) for Q3 2020. After two long quarters, due to COVID-19 restrictions, FCRF was unable to conduct a price survey. FCRF has now published the first index for 2020, says a press release from the Foundation.
SODIAM and KGK open jewelry store in Luanda
16 november 2020
The Diamond Marketing Company of Angola (SODIAM) and the Indian multinational KGK have opened, in Luanda, a joint store selling jewelry and cut diamonds in Angola.
Petra investigates charges of human rights abuses at Tanzanian mine
16 november 2020
Petra Diamonds is investigating allegations that subsistence miners who trespassed on its 75%-owned Williamson mine in Tanzania were abused.
Hong Kong sale to highlight Iconic ‘Tutti Frutti’ bracelet by Cartier
16 november 2020
Bonhams announces the sale of one of Cartier’s most iconic designs, a ‘Tutti Frutti’ Bracelet, in the Hong Kong Jewels and Jadeite sale on 28 November 2020.
