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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
James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration
London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...
07 october 2024
Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products
Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...
30 september 2024
Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
23 september 2024
Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets
Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.
16 september 2024
Norilsk Nickel to increase copper shipments to China via the Northern Sea Route to 45,000 tons
25 september 2023
Norilsk Nickel will deliver 45,000 tons of copper to China via the Northern Sea Route this year. This was announced by representatives of the company at the Neva shipbuilding conference in St. Petersburg, Interfax reports.
Gemfields’ first-half earnings dip
25 september 2023
Gemfields, which mines emeralds in Zambia and rubies in Mozambique, posted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2023, of $73 million, compared to about $105 million, a year earlier.
Lithium production resumes at Premier's Zim mine
25 september 2023
Premier African Minerals has finished installing the RHA ball mill at its Zulu lithium and tantalum project in Zimbabwe ahead of the resumption operations.
Senco Gold & Diamonds launches India's 'first virtual jewellery showroom' on the Metaverse
25 september 2023
Senco Gold & Diamonds launched India's 'first virtual jewellery showroom' on the metaverse christened 'Sencoverse' on September 21, 2023. The initiative offers a new and immersive way for customers to shop for jewellery from the comfort of their homes.
Mining M&A to continue globally into 2024 - report
22 september 2023
Fitch Ratings agency expects that a recent rise in global mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity will stay strong over the coming years due to consolidation and energy transition.
AGD DIAMONDS held negotiations on cooperation with representatives of Kazakhstan
22 september 2023
On September 20 in Arkhangelsk, General Director of AGD DIAMONDS JSC Mikhail Bakov held a working meeting with the Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in St. Petersburg Dmitry Mikhno.
Shanta Gold more than doubles first-half core earnings
22 september 2023
Shanta Gold, a gold producer focused on East Africa, reported a 140% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) to $33.9 million in the first-half (H1) of 2023, up from $14.1 million the previous year.
Russians are now more interested in buying physical gold
22 september 2023
Russian citizens' interest in physical gold has grown amid rising inflation and sharp currency fluctuations, the Kommersant newspaper reports.
Additional drilling set to take place at Shinganda copper, gold mine
22 september 2023
The London-listed Galileo Resources' Shinganda project in Zambia is expected to commence diamond drilling of up to 2,000 metres to test various shallow copper/gold targets situated along and parallel to the Shinganda Splay Fault.
Solovyevsky Placer produced over 2.2 tons of gold in the Amur region in 2023
22 september 2023
As of September 1, JSC Solovyevsky Placer, a gold mining enterprise, extracted 2,224 kg of precious metal from deposits in the Amur region, which corresponds to the result for the same period of 2022.
