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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
Asian shoppers snap up gold amid price slump
26 march 2021
Gold price’s that slumped to near a nine-month low is drawing jewellery shoppers in Asia to hunt for bargains, says media reports. After a year of demand being in the doldrums, retailers are buying more precious metal to cater to buyers.
Lucapa rakes in $5.9mln from Mothae second diamond sale
25 march 2021
Lucapa Diamond says it sold a 5,619-carat parcel of rough diamonds from its 70%-owned Mothae mine, in Lesotho for $5.9 million. It said the second Mothae diamond sale for the year attracted an average price of $1,050 per carat.
Lucara eyes $220 mln debt package for Karowe underground expansion
25 march 2021
Lucara Diamond has mandated five international financial institutions to raise $220 million to fund the underground expansion at its wholly-owned Karowe Mine, in Botswana.
AGD DIAMONDS produces a new large diamond
25 march 2021
Yesterday, AGD DIAMONDS recovered a gem-quality diamond weighing 72.94 carats at its Grib Mining and Processing Division. Innovative technologies used to dress kimberlite ore allow AGD DIAMONDS to regularly extract large high-quality diamonds.
Russian Ministry of Finance will not buy diamonds from ALROSA
25 march 2021
The Russian Ministry of Finance does not intend to buy rough diamonds from ALROSA, since there is no need for this taking into account the market movement, said RIA Novosti/Prime citing Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev, who told this to reporters on the sidelines of the State Duma.
PGMs miner Northam Platinum posts solid first-half results
25 march 2021
Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Northam Platinum has posted a solid half-year operational performance with normalised headline earnings rising 73.6% to R3.3 billion on a 51.9% increase in sales revenues to R11.9-billion.
Lucapa boosts Lulo diamond resource by 35%
24 march 2021
Lucapa Diamond says the in-situ resource carats at its 40%-owned Lulo diamond mine, in Angola, has increased by 35% to 135,900 carats from 100 000 carats in 2019.
Zim selling diamonds to single buyer amid price collusion concerns – report
24 march 2021
Zimbabwe is allegedly selling all parcels of rough diamonds at its auctions to a single buyer amid concerns that some corrupt officials from the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) could be leaking the reserve price.
Jewellery, Gem & Technology Dubai to debut in 2022
24 march 2021
Envisioned as a high-impact jewellery sourcing experience, JGT Dubai is slated for its inaugural edition on 22 – 24 February 2022 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), according to a press release from the organisers.
Asian gold demand recovers as Swiss exports to India spurt
24 march 2021
Swiss customs data showed that in February Switzerland exported 56.5 tonnes of gold to India, 11.2 tonnes to Thailand, 2 tonnes to mainland China and 1 tonne to Hong Kong.
