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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
COVID-19 crisis: De Beers donates $2,5m to Botswana, Namibia
08 april 2020
De Beers has donated $2,5 million to Botswana and Namibia to boost the two southern African countries’ response to the COVID-19 crisis.
HRD Antwerp launched distant learning jewelry design course
08 april 2020
HRD Antwerp, the Antwerp based diamond grading lab and education provider, has successfully concluded its first jewelry design e-course in China. The company already offered online jewelry sales courses in its online education program, the Diamond Loupe writes.
ALROSA allocates more than 165 mn rubles to combat coronavirus
07 april 2020
ALROSA allocated more than 165.6 million rubles to counter the spread of the new coronavirus in Yakutia.
Indian company Titan will hold up despite current slowdown
07 april 2020
Tata Group’s Titan Company has closed most of its manufacturing units due to the national lockdown.
Hundreds of diamond traders in search of an alternative polished diamond trading platform
07 april 2020
A large group of international diamond manufacturers and traders have come together in search of an independent, transparent, innovative polished diamond trading and buying platform, says their statement distributed by Ya'akov Almor Marketing Communications & Strategy.
AGS to hold a virtual conclave
07 april 2020
The American Gem Society (AGS) has announced its first-ever virtual conference, Connect. Engage. Learn: a Virtual Conclave Experience, which will be held on April 27-28, 2020.
Graff expands into perfume
07 april 2020
Graff has collaborated with international perfumers to create a 302.37-carat Lesedi La Rona inspired collection of perfumes.
Kimberley Process mulls digital certificates
06 april 2020
The Kimberley Process (KP), which is currently led by Russia, is testing the use of digital certificates for rough-diamond shipments in a bid to improve “efficiency and reduce fraud”.
Gem Diamonds raises $6.7m from second Letšeng flexible tender
06 april 2020
Gem Diamonds has raised a further $6.7 million from the second round of the Letšeng flexible tender sales.
Russia celebrated Geologist's Day on Sunday
06 april 2020
Last Sunday, Russia celebrated the Day of the Geologist. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin congratulated geologists and industry veterans on their professional holiday and noted the importance of this profession.
