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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...
11 november 2024
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
Inauguration of monument to "Geologists of the Russian North"
27 april 2021
A solemn ceremony of inaugurating the monument to the Geologists of the Russian North was held yesterday in Arkhangelsk in front of the office of AGD DIAMONDS. The inauguration was timed to the 90th anniversary of AGD DIAMONDS, which is the legal successor of the Northern Geological Exploration Trust founded on April 22, 1931.
Indigenous peoples of Taimyr demand justice
27 april 2021
The Association of Indigenous Peoples of Taimyr has addressed to the Barents Observer, a Norwegian Internet edition demanding apologies from Pavel Sulyandziga, the head of the Batani Foundation for his statements published by this media. “We are protesting against using us, the indigenous peoples of Taimyr, in someone’s political and commercial games,” Grigory Dyukarev, head of the Taimyr Indigenous Peoples Association, told Rough&Polished.
Responsible Jewellery Council launches SDG Taskforce
27 april 2021
Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the leading standard-setting organisation for the jewellery and watch supply chain, announced the launch of an SDG Taskforce to create a unified platform to benchmark members’ progress in the implementation of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Luk Fook’s retail sales grows a whopping 30% in Q4
27 april 2021
Jeweller Luk Fook Holdings (International) Ltd has reported robust retail sales performance in Q4. Attributing it to a low base effect and the recent decline in gold prices, Lukfook said group sales recovered from a loss of 29 per cent last quarter to a growth of 30 per cent from January to March 2021.
Diamcor sells diamonds for $278.78/ct
26 april 2021
Diamcor Mining, which is processing quarry material at its Krone Endora at Venetia project in South Africa has sold 2,122.76 carats of rough diamonds for $591,733 at the first tender of its new fiscal year starting April 1, 2021. The tender resulted in a combined average price of $278.78 per carat.
Debswana earmarks $6bln to build underground diamond mine at Jwaneng
26 april 2021
Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is set to invest $6 billion to build the world's largest underground diamond mine at Jwaneng mine.
Gem Diamonds boosts Q1 output at Letšeng as revenue dips
26 april 2021
Gem Diamonds says it produced 29,010 carats at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho during the first quarter of 2021, an 11% jump compared with 26,110 carats produced a year earlier.
Norilsk Nickel joins the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance as pending member
26 april 2021
Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and one of the biggest producers of nickel, platinum, and copper, has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) as a pending member.
De Beers Q1 diamond output down 7% to 7.2Mcts
23 april 2021
De Beers' diamond production dropped by 7% to 7.2 million carats in the first quarter of 2021, mainly due to operational challenges, including excessive rainfall in southern Africa and a COVID-19-related shut down in Canada, as well as planned maintenance in Namibia.
China’s gold price approaches the $1800 level
23 april 2021
After profit-taking helped bring down the price of gold to the level of $1763, and amid pressures on the dollar, the price of gold bounced higher on April 21 to the $1788 resistance. At the beginning of this week's trading, the price of gold jumped to the resistance level of $1791.
