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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
Lucapa Diamond’s sampling at Brooking Project in Australia yields seven diamonds
25 december 2020
Lucapa Diamond and its partner, Leopold Diamond said in a press statement that their latest sampling work carried out at the Brooking Diamond Exploration Project in Western Australia’s West Kimberley lamproite province yielded a total of seven diamonds.
SODIAM to launch training course on diamond cutting
25 december 2020
SODIAM, Angola’s national diamond trading company will launch a professional diamond-cutting course at the Provisional Diamond Evaluation and Diamond Cutting Center in Saurimo in the Angolan province of Lunda-Sul.
FTI Consulting: American consumers’ spending may fall these holidays
25 december 2020
FTI Consulting, one of the world's largest business advisory firms conducted a market survey in the United States ahead of New Year's Eve and came to a conclusion that American consumers may spend less by 4% this holiday season compared with last year.
BlueRock Diamonds expansion project nearing completion
25 december 2020
BlueRock Diamonds PLC which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa has announced an update on its expansion plans.
Competition and pandemic make Swarovski think about the future
24 december 2020
The family-owned company based in Wattens, Austria, estimates that total sales of its goods may fall by 30 percent, plummeting to € 1.9 billion in 2020 from € 2.7 billion in 2019.
Russian customers buy jewelry online more and more often
24 december 2020
The last month of the outgoing year has spurred the interest of Russian buyers in expensive jewelry made of gold and diamonds. Thus, demand for such jewelry through the online channels of the Sunlight Jewelry Hypermarket alone went up fivefold.
BlueRock Diamonds recovers two large gem-quality stones
24 december 2020
BlueRock Diamonds PLC has recovered two gem-quality exceptional stones of 14.8 carats and 8.7 carats.
ALROSA does not so far plan to diversify its activities
24 december 2020
Diamond mining company ALROSA has no plans to diversify its activities and start developing deposits of precious metals and other minerals, Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District told reporters.
WDC soft launches beta version of SoW
23 december 2020
The World Diamond Council’s new System of Warranties (SoW) has entered the beta-testing phase, with the participation of a representative sample of companies from across the diamond supply chain. This is the ultimate stage of an extensive review that will conclude at the end of the calendar year.
ALROSA nets $ 7 million selling special size rough through online auction
23 december 2020
ALROSA summed up results of online auction for special size rough diamonds. This format allows customers to review and evaluate rough diamonds remotely through the digital twin technology.
