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Mmetla Masire: Okavango to resume diamond sales in January
Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is set to resume diamond sales in January 2025, whether the market remains depressed or not. ODC managing director Mmetla Masire told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa on the side-lines of...
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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
Small diamond units in Surat yet to start operations
10 august 2020
Barring the big and medium diamond units, majority of the small diamond units with less than 50 emery wheels are yet to restart operations, despite the Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) giving the nod a week ago, says a report in TOI dated 9 Aug.
Singapore showcases world’s second largest rough diamond
10 august 2020
The world's second largest 1,758-carat diamond that was purchased by Louis Vuitton and unveiled in January is now being showcased to interested buyers in Singapore until Tuesday Aug 11, according to media reports.
Almazy Anabara unearths the largest diamond in the history of Russia
07 august 2020
Almazy Anabara, a subsidiary of ALROSA unearthed a diamond of intense yellow-brown color weighing 236 carats at the Ebelyakh Diamond Field in northern Yakutia, Russia.
Sarine records Net Profit of $1.2M in H1 2020
07 august 2020
Sarine Technologies Ltd, a worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of precision technology products and services for the evaluation has announced its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2020 through a press release.
Diamond industry to recover at slow pace until end of year – expert
07 august 2020
The diamond industry is expected to recover at a haphazard and slow pace until November or December this year following the Covid-19 pandemic, an analyst has said.
WFDB Acting President Yoram Dvash reassures the hard-hit global diamond industry
07 august 2020
WFDB Acting President Yoram Dvash spurs on the hard-hit diamond industry with ---‘There is Light at the End of the Tunnel’ --- through a letter addressed to the plagued global diamond industry.
SA diamond jewellers thriving despite Covid-19 pandemic
07 august 2020
South African diamond jewellers are thriving despite the challenges currently facing the industry as a result of poor demand, weak prices and of late the Covid-19 pandemic.
Call to stress emotional value of diamonds
06 august 2020
The ‘Real is Rare, Real is a Diamond’ slogan that the diamond industry used to promote natural stones was no longer useful and there is need to stress the emotional value of diamonds, analysts have said.
Mountain Province Diamonds announces Q2 and H1 2020 results
06 august 2020
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. released its financial and operating results for Q2 2020 and H1 2020 ended June 30, 2020, as per the miner’s press release. All figures are expressed in Canadian dollars.
EU does not want to regulate the sale of synthetic diamonds
06 august 2020
The highest executive body of the European Union considered it inappropriate to take measures in order to force sellers of artificial diamonds to disclose their origin to their customers.
