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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’s Lulo 46ct pink coloured diamond delivers three polished stones
04 december 2020
Lucapa Diamond says a 46-carat pink coloured rough diamond recovered at its 40%-owned Lulo diamond project in Angola and later sold into a cutting and polishing partnership with Safdico, has delivered three polished diamonds – a 15.2 carat Heart and two Pear shaped diamonds weighing 3.3 carats and 2.3 carats.
New diamond and gold deposit found in Nunavut
04 december 2020
A unique diamond and gold deposit found near the Arctic coast, about 155 kilometres southeast of Kugluktuk in Nunavut, CBC reported.
Hong Kong Customs seize 160 diamonds being smuggled at Shenzhen border
04 december 2020
More than 160 diamonds worth an estimated $840,000 have seized during a Hong Kong customs inspection of a truck at a new border checkpoint.
Bain & Co: Luxury market will consolidate its local nature globally in the coming years
03 december 2020
After Q2, the worst quarter ever for luxury market, and good signs of recovery in Q3, uncertainty is still the keyword for holiday season, say Claudia d'Aprizio and Federica Levato, the authors of the latest update on the global luxury market from Bain and Co.
Chinese luxury jeweller Qeelin grows during COVID-19
03 december 2020
Dennis Chan, the 60-year-old co-founder and creative director of Qeelin, was inspired by a 1997 trip to China’s Dunhuang, which hosts a complex of hundreds of grottoes adorned with Buddhist statuary. The Hong Kong-born designer started his brand seven years later with French businessman Guillaume Brochard.
Geneva Watches and Wonders 2021Canceled
03 december 2020
Watches & Wonders, one of the world’s largest watch fairs, announced that it has made the decision to replace its live event with a digital-only version in 2021.
"Diamonds Across Time" is now available for purchase online
02 december 2020
"Diamonds Across Time," the World Diamond Museum's first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, is now available for purchase online. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned jewellery expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan. It includes 432 pages with 309 rich illustrations.
Hong Kong’s jewellery and luxury goods retail sales dip 26.6 % y-o-y in October
02 december 2020
As per the figures announced by Census and Statistics Department on December 1, 2020, Hong Kong's retail sales continued to decline in October. However, the figures indicated that the dip was at a much softer pace.
Gem Diamonds recovers 179ct diamond at Lesotho mine
02 december 2020
Gem Diamonds says it recovered a 179 carat high quality white Type I diamond at its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, last week. It tweeted that the latest recovery was the company’s 16th diamond of over 100 carats unearthed at Letšeng this year.
Diamcor Q2 revenue dips to $339k
02 december 2020
Diamcor Mining sold 2,426.63 carats of rough diamonds from its Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa generating revenue of $339,280 in the second quarter compared to $730,692, a year earlier.
