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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
Surat diamond sector may not resume production just yet; seeks financial help from Government to pay minimum wages
15 april 2020
With the lockdown extended till May 3, India’s Surat diamond sector has sought financial assistance from the government to pay minimum wages.
SA lockdown extension: BlueRock to continue with Kareevlei care, maintenance
14 april 2020
BlueRock Diamonds will continue with the Kareevlei care and maintenance as South Africa extended its lockdown to the end of April.
CIBJO makes all Blue Books available free of charge
14 april 2020
With the international jewellery and gemstone industry grappling with the challenge of a worldwide economic shutdown, instituted by governments in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, CIBJO has announced that it will no longer be charging for downloads of its Blue Books.
Lucara lines up two new directors as it maps new trajectory
14 april 2020
Lucara Diamond has lined up two new directors at it embarks upon the next stage in its development, namely the planned expansion of mine underground.
India’s G&J Units and MSMEs to resume limited operations after April 14
14 april 2020
According to media reports, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India has recommended that sectors related to certain key economic activities be permitted to resume limited operations with all necessary safeguards and precautions after the completion of the first phase of the all-India lockdown on April 14.
AGD DIAMONDS CEO and acting governor of the Arkhangelsk region discussed the diamond mining industry in the region
13 april 2020
AGD DIAMONDS JSC CEO Sergey Neruchev met with the Acting Governor of the region, Alexander Tsybulsky.
Petra Diamonds registers 27% drop in prices, declares force majeure at Williamson mine
13 april 2020
Petra Diamonds’ fifth sales cycle registered a 27% drop in rough diamond prices on a like-for-like basis in comparison to the fourth sales cycle in February.
CTF’s jewellery sales dip 41% in mainland China in Q4
13 april 2020
Chow Tai Fook succumbs to COVID-19 with its sales dipping in the Q4 due to sluggish consumer demand and store closures.
Severalmaz workers evacuated to Arkhangelsk due to a Covid-19-positive employee
13 april 2020
One of the employees of PJSC Severalmaz showed signs of the coronavirus infection.
ALROSA's sales dropped by 59.5% in March against one year ago
10 april 2020
The company said its sales of rough and polished diamonds amounted to $ 152.8 million in March 2020, down 59.5% vs March 2019 ($ 377.1 million). ALROSA earned $ 148.7 million from rough sales (against $ 369.2 million last year) and $ 4.1 million from polished sales (against $ 8.0 million last year).
