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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
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
WGC Report: For every 1% increase in inflation, gold demand increases in India by 2.6%
20 october 2021
The World Gold Council has launched a report titled ‘The drivers of Indian gold demand’, the first in a series of in-depth analyses on the Indian gold market. Using an econometric model, it draws on three decades of annual data, dating from 1990 to 2020, to gauge some of the principal influences driving gold demand in India.
Romania mulls investment in Angola’s diamond sector
19 october 2021
Romania is planning to invest in diamond exploration projects in Angola’s Nharêa Municipality, central Bié Province, according to the local media.
Gem Diamonds recovers 245ct, 102ct white diamonds at Letšeng
19 october 2021
Gem Diamonds has recovered a high-quality 245 carat Type II, white diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The company also recovered a high-quality 102 carat Type II, white diamond from the mine.
Rio Tinto welcomes Joint Standing Committee’s report on Northern Australia
19 october 2021
Following its inquiry into the destruction of rock shelters at Juukan Gorge on the land of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto welcomes the final report of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia.
DDE sold the most expensive rough stone on its tender floor
19 october 2021
DMCC – the world’s flagship free zone and government of Dubai authority on commodities trade and enterprise – announced that an exceptional 100+ carat rough diamond was successfully sold for USD 5.218 million (USD 44,004 per carat) in a record tender hosted at the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE).
China's diamond import sustains growth momentum in Q3 of 2021
18 october 2021
With the rapid recovery of China's retail jewellery market, the diamond imports of the country have maintained a sustained growth momentum in the first three quarters of 2021.
Namdeb eyes extension of land-based operations to 2042
18 october 2021
Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian government, has approved a new long-term business plan that will extend the current life-of-mine of its land-based operations to 2042.
Angola to convene first international diamond conference
18 october 2021
Angola’s mineral resources ministry will convene its first international diamond conference from November 25 to 27 in Saurimo, the capital of the Lunda Sul province.
Seligdar announces operating results for the first nine months of 2021
18 october 2021
Gold production by the holding companies for the reporting period amounted to 5,420 kg. This indicator includes placer gold, the production of which was not taken into account in the figures for 9 months of 2020. The production of ore gold amounted to 5,124 kg, 0.4% higher than a year earlier.
In the third quarter of this year, ALROSA produced 8.8 million carats of rough and raised $ 938 million for diamond products sold
15 october 2021
The company said in its Q3 2021 update that diamond production reached 8.8 m carats, while proceeds from rough and polished diamond sales totalled $938 m.
