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Helga Pombal: Angola's Stardiam finds solution to the threat posed by lab-grown diamonds
Stardiam manager of production Helga Pombal told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa on the sidelines of the Angola International Diamond Conference that lab-grown diamonds are creating a parallel market for more accessible stones, combined with lower...
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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
The International jewelry exhibition-congress will be held in Moscow in September
05 may 2021
The International jewelry exhibition-congress J-1 will be held on September 26-28 at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition complex in Moscow. According to the organizing committee, the exhibition will unite on one platform all segments of the jewelry industry in Russia, provide specialists from different countries with comfortable conditions for exchanging experience and allow guests to get acquainted with the current trends in the industry.
Pandora takes ethical stand against mined diamonds
05 may 2021
Pandora A/S, which makes more pieces of jewellery than any other company in the world, will no longer use mined diamonds, dropping another raw material tainted by ethical concerns.
Gold sells at discount in India for first time in 2021
05 may 2021
Physical gold in India was sold at a discount last week in India for the first time in 2021, due to the surge in coronavirus cases prompted strict restrictions keeping buyers away. Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines as new infections surged to another daily record.
TAGS reports 100% sales from April Tender in Dubai
04 may 2021
Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) held the April Tender between the 25 and 29 April 2021 in Dubai. Despite the serious COVID situation in India, which resulted in the imposition of severe travel restrictions into the UAE and around the world, virtually all the leading manufacturers decided to relocate their buying teams to Dubai before the lockdown to ensure a supply of rough to the factories.
Impala Platinum boosts Q3 output at Rustenburg
04 may 2021
Impala Platinum (Implats) says tonnes milled at Impala Rustenburg, in South Africa rose 6% to 2.51 million tonnes during the quarter ended 31 March 2021, compared to 2.37 million tonnes in the prior comparable period.
Imperial jewels at Christie's Geneva auction
04 may 2021
May 2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821). By an incredible coincidence, the parure of the Grand Duchess of Baden and Napoleon's adopted daughter Stephanie de Beauharnais (1789-1860), decorated with diamonds and sapphires, will be displayed at the Christie's "Magnificent Jewels" auction in Geneva on 12 May.
The 2nd International competition of jewelers-designers started accepting applications
04 may 2021
The organizing committee of the International jewelry exhibition-congress J-1 announced the start of accepting applications for the second International professional competition of jewelry and applied arts to be held September 26-28 in Moscow.
Sylvania drops Q3 PGMs output as revenue rises
04 may 2021
Sylvania says its platinum group metals (PGMs) output dropped by 5% quarter-on-quarter to 17 420 oz in the third quarter ended March 31 2021 in line with its projections for the quarter, which is historically a lower-producing quarter.
De Beers leads ESG Q1 ranking of global miners
03 may 2021
De Beers has overtaken gold giant Newmont to lead the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ranking of global miners in the first quarter of the year.
Give us back our diamonds, SA politician to Queen Elizabeth II
03 may 2021
A member of Parliament for South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has demanded South Africa's diamonds be returned by Queen Elizabeth II.
