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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
MET/Nuna is to manage the closure and rehabilitation of Snap Lake Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories
29 december 2021
De Beers Group has signed a contract with MET/Nuna, an indigenous community-led joint venture to manage the closure, demolition, and rehabilitation of the Snap Lake Mine site in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT).
Indian state Andhra Pradesh to launch hunt for diamonds
29 december 2021
The South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) is now set to launch a massive search for gemstones. The move comes after a preliminary survey by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) hinted at the presence of diamonds, according to a report in the Times of India.
Chaumet introduces new diamond cut with 88 facets
28 december 2021
Jewelry brand Chaumet, whose history dates back to the 18th century, has introduced a new diamond cut - the "Empress Cut" with 88-facets, Vogue magazine reported.
Smolensk’s Kristall is in the process of large-scale re-equipment
28 december 2021
Kristall, Russia’s major diamond manufacturer, has begun to master new equipment for cutting and marking diamonds, gtrksmolensk.ru reported. “The Smolensk diamond manufacturing plant continues large-scale re-equipment.
World Gold Council’s 10-year programme – ‘Gold 24/7’
28 december 2021
The World Gold Council’s 10-year programme called Gold 24/7 will make gold accessible to everyone, all the time and in any form. The programme will also try to solve gold supply integrity and create completely fungible markets, said David Tait, CEO-World Gold Council (WGC) in an interview published in the GJEPC magazine Solitaire.
"Kyndykan" - a diamond mined and so named by ALROSA in honor of the project to support the indigenous peoples of the Far North
28 december 2021
The diamond bears the name of an Even folklore heroine. Kyndykan was a little girl who was miraculously found alive 200 years ago by Yakut hunters near the Verkhoyansk Mountains in an ancestral settlement completely wiped out by smallpox, said ALROSA in a press release distributed on the occasion. Kyndykan has become a symbol of the resilience, spiritual strength and unique values of the indigenous peoples of the Far North.
Implementation of LVMH share buyback program
27 december 2021
As part of its share buyback program, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.E. (LVMH) has granted an irrevocable mandate to an investment services provider for the acquisition of a maximum of €300m of LVMH shares over a period starting from December 21 st, 2021 and which could last up until February 15 th , 2022.
ICRA: Hallmarking to push growth of India’s top jewellers by over 20% next year
27 december 2021
In India, gold and jewellery hallmarking became mandatory from June 16 this year. According to Rating agency ICRA, Indian consumers are now shifting towards hallmarked jewellery as they believe such products get more attention on purity, according to a report in Economic Times.
Swarovski will no longer be managed by family members in the coming year
27 december 2021
Nadja Swarovski, a board member of the Swarovski crystal manufacturing company based in Wattens, Austria, has decided to leave this business to “open a new chapter in her career,” as it was announced last Monday.
Online jewelry sales in Russia in 2021 increased up to 17% of total jewelry retail sales value
27 december 2021
An analysis of online jewelry trading in Russia over the past two years carried out within a joint project of the Association of Internet Trading Companies (Ассоциация компаний интернет-торговли, АКИТ) and the SOKOLOV jewelry brand showed that online sales in the total jewelry market reached 13% by value already in 2020, and in 2021 increased up to 17% of its total sales value, which will reach 283 billion rubles by the end of this year.
