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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
Christie’s jewellery auctions rescheduled
01 april 2020
Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sales are postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
Pandora hires new Chief Commercial Officer
31 march 2020
Pandora invited Martino Pessina to join the company as Chief Commercial Officer.
COVID-19: De Beers suspends March sight, permits 100% deferrals
30 march 2020
De Beers has canceled its third sight of the year, which was set to commence today until Friday this week, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Nano-diamonds will be used to create masks for coronavirus - report
30 march 2020
Master Dynamic - an engineering laboratory in the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP) - studies the properties of nano-diamonds as an antiseptic for the coating of surgical masks.
Rapaport Price List suspended till May 1
27 march 2020
Following an uproar in the diamond industry after the publication of its Price List on March 20, which slashed polished prices by 5% to 9% across all categories of goods, Rapaport announced that its next issue will be released in one month’s time.
De Beers allows unlimited deferrals at March sight – report
27 march 2020
De Beers will permit sightholders unlimited deferrals at its March rough-diamond sale set to commence on Monday next week, in Botswana as demand continues to weaken.
Gem Diamonds places Letšeng on care and maintenance to combat COVID-19
27 march 2020
Gem Diamonds has placed its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, on care and maintenance for three weeks to combat the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
Signet Jewelers reports fiscal 2020 results
27 march 2020
Signet Jewelers Limited, the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, announced its results for the 52 weeks ("Fiscal 2020") ended February 1, 2020.
Lucapa steams ahead with search for source of Lulo alluvial diamonds
27 march 2020
Lucapa Diamond is steaming ahead with its search for the hard-rock origin of the high-value alluvial diamonds being mined at its 40%-owned Lulo project, in Angola.
GJEPC contributes $7.5 mln to fund livelihood of daily wage workers of g&j industry & other Government initiatives to fight COVID-19
27 march 2020
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India has contributed $ 7.5 mln to help the needy workers of the industry and also fund the Government’s initiatives impacted by COVID-19.
