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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
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
Siluanov admitted the possibility of buying ALROSA diamonds by Gokhran
28 april 2022
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov did not rule out the purchase of ALROSA's rough diamonds produced this year by Gokhran, Russia’s precious metals and gems repository.
Kinross offloads Ghana gold mine
28 april 2022
Kinross Gold has agreed to sell its 90% interest in the Chirano mine to junior miner Asante Gold for $225-million in cash and shares. It said the Ghanaian government, which has a 10% carried interest in Chirano, has issued a letter of no objection regarding the change of control.
MIUZ Diamonds presented a collection of engagement jewelry
27 april 2022
Fashion trends for engagement rings change annually. If earlier it was believed that the most important thing was the size of a diamond, now it is minimalism and conciseness.
Angola opens new geoscientific, national diamond laboratories
27 april 2022
Angola has opened new geoscientific and national diamond laboratories in the Lunda Sul province as part of the country’s drive to revive its mining sector. The geoscientific laboratory, which is owned by the Geological Institute of Angola (IGEO) will conduct geoscientific analysis in fields such as petrology and mineralogy, geochemistry, hydrology and geotechnics.
RBPlat boosts Q1 PGMs output
27 april 2022
Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) has reported a 7.7% increase in platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and gold metals-in-concentrate production to 124 000 oz for the first quarter of 2022. It said total tonnes milled for the period under review rose by 8.7% to 1.1-million tonnes.
India to celebrate ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ with platinum jewellery
27 april 2022
‘Akshaya Tritiya’, an occasion ushering infinite auspiciousness and is known for marking new beginnings in one’s life. This year, Akshaya Tritiya will be celebrated on 3rd May 2022.
The conference on innovative technologies TECH WEEK-2022 to discuss new challenges for business
26 april 2022
The applied conference and exhibition on innovative technologies for business will be held in the Skolkovo Technopark from May 31 to June 2. The largest conference of technologies for business in Russia will be attended by 250 speakers who will discuss work in the context of import substitution.
Gold prices eases in India; muted in China
26 april 2022
Physical gold dealers in India reduced discounts last week as demand picked up slightly after prices eased, while activity in top consumer China was still muted by COVID-induced curbs.
Botswana Diamonds sees commercial potential for open-pit mine at Thorny River
26 april 2022
Dual-listed Botswana Diamonds says the results of a conceptual open pit mine optimisation evaluation on the River Blow on its Thorny River property in South Africa indicate potential open-pit options.
Anglo Platinum Q1 output slides
26 april 2022
Anglo American Platinum’s total Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) production decreased 6% in the first quarter of 2022 to 956,000 ounces compared to just above 1 million ounces, a year earlier.
