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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
Sierra Leone pledges to help mining firms hit by COVID-19
23 september 2020
The government of Sierra Leone has promised to assist mining companies to cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the local media.
NGTC and Sarine launch a co-branded Light Performance Grading Report
23 september 2020
Sarine Technologies Ltd has launched its first co-branded light performance report with the National Gemstone Testing Center (NGTC) of China, which will be implemented by Yuanyumei (Y & M) Jewelry, a leading high-end Chinese jewellery brand.
CIBJO and Intertek announce initiative for the jewellery industry
23 september 2020
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, and Intertek Italia SpA, the Italian subsidiary of the Intertek Group have announced a joint initiative to educate, train and certify CSR, sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) compliance officers, specifically for the gemstone and jewellery industries.
Mountain Province Diamonds announces the results of its latest diamond sale
22 september 2020
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. has announced the preliminary results of its latest diamond sale in Antwerp, Belgium, which closed on September 19th, 2020, as per a press release from the miner.
Russia’s Duma is offered to change the basis for calculating the severance tax levied from diamond mining
22 september 2020
The Russian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma offering a new procedure for assessing the value of mined precious stones used to calculate the severance tax levied from mining companies. It is proposed to estimate their value based on their sales prices, and not on the current way of their initial assessment based on the price lists of the country’s Ministry of Finance.
Lucapa realises $2.3 mln from Lulo diamonds sale
22 september 2020
Lucapa Diamond has raked in $2.3 million (A$3.2-million) from the sale of diamonds from its 40%-owned Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola.
Star recovers over 2800 diamonds from third bulk sample trench
22 september 2020
Star Diamond has recovered 2,822 diamonds weighing 130.26 carats from the third bulk sample trench excavated on the Star Kimberlite at its Orion South diamond project, in Canada.
Gem Diamonds unearths two large stones at Letšeng
22 september 2020
Gem Diamonds has unearthed two large stones at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.
Senior official of Russia’s Ministry of Finance put under house arrest for fraud
22 september 2020
The Meshchansky Court of Moscow has put under house arrest Alexander Pshenichnikov, Deputy Head of Department for Corporate Governance in the Field of Precious Metals and Precious Stones of the Russian Federation Ministry of Finance.
Natural Diamond Council’s first celebrity campaign stars actress Ana de Armas
21 september 2020
Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has announced its New Global Advertising Campaign starring Actress Ana de Armas. She will be NDC’s Global Ambassador fronting ‘Only Natural Diamonds’ first-ever global advertising campaign ‘For Moments Like No Other.’
