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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
Vast Resources set to conclude Zim diamond JV
06 march 2020
Vast Resources is expecting to conclude a joint venture agreement with the Zimbabwean government for the Chiadzwa community diamond project, before the end of the month.
CTF’s retail sales dip 42% in China & 60% in HK and Macau
06 march 2020
China’s jewellery chain, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd’s (CTF) retail sales suffered double-digit losses in the first two months of the year.
Malabar Gold has mega expansion plans on the anvil
06 march 2020
Indian jewellery retail chain Malabar Gold & Diamonds has unveiled its mega expansion plans to bolster its business in India and abroad.
Angolans raise concern over illegal diamond mining
05 march 2020
Angolans have expressed concern over clandestine illegal diamond mining by suspected foreigners in the southern parts of the country.
Watches & Wonders watch fair in Geneva will not take place the COVID-19
05 march 2020
The Watches & Wonders watch fair in Geneva - known until last year as the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) - will not take place this year given the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
NCLT orders liquidation of Firestar Diamond International
05 march 2020
The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench (NCLT) has ordered the liquidation of absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi’s group company, Firestar Diamond International Pvt. Ltd.
India's gold imports drop 41% in February
05 march 2020
Due to high prices and low demand, India's gold imports plunged 41% in February, with imports registering 46 tonnes of gold in comparison to 77.64 tonnes in the same month a year earlier.
Coronavirus fears hit De Beers’ second rough diamond sale
04 march 2020
De Beers has raked in $355 million from its second rough diamond sale compared with $496 million, a year earlier and $551 million, the previous month.
Lucapa raises $2.8m to advance Lulo kimberlite exploration
04 march 2020
Lucapa Diamond has received applications for a $2.8 million share placement to advance the Lulo kimberlite exploration programme, in Angola as well as for general working capital and corporate purposes.
HK's retail sales of jewellery & watches dip to a huge 41% in January 2020
04 march 2020
Total retail sales across all products in Hong Kong fell drastically to 21.4% in January 2020, for the 12th consecutive month.
