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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
Petra recovers five blue diamonds at Cullinan
21 september 2020
LSE-listed Petra Diamonds has unearthed five Type IIb blue diamonds at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.
The diamonds recovered were 25.75, 21.25, 17.57, 11.42, and 9.61 carats in size.
Renard diamond mine to restart in September
21 september 2020
Operations at the Renard diamond mine in Quebec will be restarted this month, after a six-month suspension. The September restart follows a thorough review of operations and the approval of a plan to reduce costs by C$30 million over the next 16 months.
Botswana diamond explorer elects five directors
21 september 2020
Tsodilo Resources, a diamond and metals exploration company with interests in Botswana and South Africa, has elected five directors to its board.
GJEPC’s IIJS Virtual Show is slated for October
21 september 2020
IIJS Virtual, the digital edition of the GJEPC’s (Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council) flagship show, is scheduled for October 2020. The show is expected to see the participation of approximately 500 exhibitors and 10,000 buyers, according to a press release from GJEPC.
President of Angola approves exploration of Niobium
21 september 2020
The President of the Republic of Angola João Lourenço approved the exploration of Niobium, in the Province of Huíla, whose prospecting rights are attributed to NIOBONGA-Comércio Geral, which invests in this sector with an investment of 136.6 million dollars.
CEO of ALROSA is among business leaders of Russia
18 september 2020
ALROSA CEO Sergei Ivanov was included in the list of Russia’s business leaders annually compiled by the Association of Russian Managers (ARM) with the consulting support from the Kommersant Publishing House within the framework of the Top-1000 Russian Managers project, the company’s media communications said.
Dominion Diamond Mines provides update on sale process
18 september 2020
Dominion Diamond Mines ULC announced on 16 September that the stalking horse bid submitted by Canadian Diamond Holdings, L.P. and CA Canadian Diamond Mines ULC, affiliates of the Washington Companies is the successful bid under the sales process approved by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta on June 19, 2020.
Angola to begin construction of diamond hub in November
18 september 2020
From November, Angola will have a Diamond Development Complex to be built in the Angolan province of Lunda-Sul.
Namdia rough purchase entitlement declines
18 september 2020
Namibian state-owned Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) says its purchase entitlement declined by about 13% to 262,633 carats in 2019.
Catoca closes diamond treatment plant
18 september 2020
Catoca closed one of the treatment plants and, at the same time, suspended prospecting work on other of its concessions, as a measure adopted to manage the crisis arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
