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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...
18 november 2024
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
ALROSA suspends diamond manufacturing until fall
30 april 2020
ALROSA suspended the work of its diamond cutting operations until the end of the coming summer due to an unfavorable situation in the market, the Prime news agency said citing an interview Sergey Ivanov, the company’s CEO gave to the RBC TV Channel.
Migrant workers protest in Surat for third time in the month
30 april 2020
Hundreds of migrant workers protested in Surat for the third time in less than a month, according to a report in thehindu.com.
AWDC webinar series continued with Paul Zimnisky
30 april 2020
The AWDC Antwerp World Diamond Center continued its series of webinars with a presentation on "Rough Market: a Q&A with Paul Zimnisky."
Lockdown: SA leaves exploration companies in limbo
30 april 2020
Botswana Diamonds, which is currently conducting some exploration work in South Africa, has bemoaned the country’s silence regarding the resumption of work by exploration companies.
SEASONS/Spring Fair 2020 is cancelled
30 april 2020
The SEASONS | Spring – Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair in Hong Kong, which was originally slated for March 3 to 6 this year, and was rescheduled to May 19 to 21, 2020 at the AsiaWorld-Expo, is now cancelled, according to Informa Markets.
Namibia diamond sector to contract in 2020 before solid recovery in 2021
29 april 2020
Namibia’s diamond mining sector is forecasted to decline by 14.9% in real terms during 2020 due to the anticipated fall in demand, compounded by interruption in logistics for holding sales auctions due to travel restrictions and lockdowns around the world, according to the central bank.
Hong Kong’s jewellery exports decline in March
29 april 2020
Hong Kong’s jewellery exports recorded around $5.27 bln in the first three months of 2020, down 20.4 per cent from 2019. This is attributed to the unabated spread of COVID-19, totalling crippling global businesses.
Bharat Diamond Week to be held as a virtual digital Show in August
29 april 2020
The organizing committee of Bharat Diamond Week (BDW) has announced that the Show will go digital, taking into consideration the risk of buyers’ health and the possibility that travel may still not be advisable in August.
Expert: sales of luxury brands will grow if the owners follow the right policy
29 april 2020
Daniel Langer, a consultant to some of the world's leading luxury brands, says that luxury items sector is more sustainable than others even though people spend less on luxury items during and after the crisis.
Lucapa raises A$5.25m to advance search for primary Lulo kimberlite sources
28 april 2020
Lucapa Diamonds is planning to raise A$5.25 million to advance the search for the primary kimberlite sources of the high-value Lulo alluvial diamonds, in Angola.
