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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
Mountain Province announced changes to its board of directors
15 may 2020
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. announced the addition of Dean Chambers to its board of directors.
Yakutia will treat it with understanding if ALROSA suspends another operation in order to maintain production
14 may 2020
This statement was made by Aisen Nikolaev, Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in an interview with Interfax, which was published on Wednesday.
Yoram Dvash assures the global diamond industry of strong revival
14 may 2020
In a statement, WFDB Acting President Yoram Dvash said that World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has acquired the ‘Get Diamonds’ trading platform, which has firmly establish itself as the largest diamond trading platform.
BlueRock to sell Kareevlei diamonds in Antwerp
14 may 2020
BlueRock Diamonds has entered into an agreement with Bonas-Couzyn N.V, part of the Bonas Group to market the Kareevlei diamonds through its Antwerp facility.
India Ratings and Research: Jewellery sales to dip 25% in fiscal 2020-21
14 may 2020
In a report, India Ratings and Research on 11 May said it expects jewellery sales to decline by 25 per cent in 2020-21 -April-March on account of over 40 days of lockdown following COVID-19 pandemic and an overall reduction in disposable income.
Asians want buy luxury items before the expected price increase
14 may 2020
Following Louis Vuitton raising prices for its products for the third time this year many consumers across Asia rushed to luxury brand stores to get time to buy luxury goods before the expected price increase.
Lucara Q1 revenue slides due to variability in quality of stones, lower prices
13 may 2020
Lucara Diamonds has realised revenue of $34.1 million from the sale of 86,178 carats in the first quarter of 2020, inclusive of all diamonds sold on Clara.
ZCDC board in protest resignation over lack of government consultation – report
13 may 2020
Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) board members have allegedly resigned in protest over government's decision to award mining licenses to foreign firms without consultation.
Lucara reports a net loss of $3.2 million in Q1
13 may 2020
Canadian mining company Lucara Diamonds reported a net loss of $ 3.2 due to continued pressure on the diamond industry and lower sales revenue.
India eases lockdown restrictions in parts of India; few jewellery stores reopen
13 may 2020
India’s retail jewellery industry began to reopen as restrictions were partially lifted in certain parts of the country, bringing relief to the trade which remained closed since March 24, 2020.
