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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
Mali projects 3.5% decrease in 2023 industrial gold production - report
01 march 2023
Mali has projected that industrial gold production will fall by about 3.5% to 63.9 tonnes in 2023 from 66.2 tonnes the previous year. Reuters quoted the mines ministry’s head of the statistics department Mamadou Sidibe as saying that the decline would be due to lower production expected at Barrick Gold's Somilo/Gounkoto mine and B2Gold's Fekola mine.
B2Gold achieves full-year 2022 gold production guidance
01 march 2023
B2Gold produced just above 1,02 million ounces in 2022, near the mid-point of the annual guidance range of between 990,000 and 1,05 million ounces.
Well-attended 7th Guangzhou International Jewelry and Diamond Conference returns in 2023
01 march 2023
On February 23, 2023, guided by the The People’s Government of Panyu District, Gems & Jewelry Trade Association of China, China Gold Association, Guangdong Trading Holding Group, and supported by The World Federation of Diamond Bourses, Shanghai Diamond Exchange, Natural Diamond Council, the highly anticipated "Guangzhou International Jewelry and Diamond Conference ", which was jointly held by Guangzhou Diamond Exchange (GZDE) and Guangdong Gems & Jade Exchange (GDGJE) returned with high attention, says a press release from GZDE.
Indonesia races into a high-income economy with high nickel exports
01 march 2023
As the value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years due to the many refineries set up in the country, the country now plans to use the same blueprint to process everything from copper to fish.
Chinese group heads to LME with plan to draw a line under nickel crisis
01 march 2023
Chen Hongliang, President of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., plans to meet London Metal Exchange Chief Executive Matthew Chamberlain to discuss an application to register the company’s nickel for delivery on the exchange at the meeting early next week.
Newmont announced full year 2022 results and provided 2023 outlook
28 february 2023
Newmont Corporation announced full year 2022 results, as well as its 2023 outlook. The company produced 6.0 million gold ounces and 1.3 million gold equivalent ounces from copper, silver, lead and zinc; achieved original production guidance range set in December 2021
Gemological Center of Moscow State University certifies the world's largest LGD
28 february 2023
The Gemological Center of Moscow State University certified the world's largest LGD "Champion" weighing 16.04 carats with high characteristics D/VS1 in November 2022.
Norilsk Nickel exploring the possibility of producing catalysts for hydrogen energy
28 february 2023
Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest supplier of palladium, together with the scientific community has created the first prototype of a palladium-containing catalyst - a nanoscale metal material for membrane-electrode blocks that are used to generate electrolytic hydrogen.
Newmont announced increased 2022 mineral reserves of 96 million gold ounces
28 february 2023
Newmont Corporation reported higher gold mineral reserves of 96.1 million attributable ounces for 2022 compared to the company’s 92.8 million ounces at the end of 2021. Newmont has significant upside to other metals, including more than 15 billion pounds of copper reserves and nearly 600 million ounces of silver reserves.
WPIC: Hydrogen-related demand for platinum to grow up 35% by 2040
28 february 2023
Hydrogen-related demand for platinum is relatively small in 2023, but it is expected to grow substantially through the 2020s and beyond, reaching as much as 35 per cent of total annual platinum demand by 2040, according to World Platinum Investment Council's (WPIC) projections.
