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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
India’s polished diamond export dips 20% in September; rough import up by 16%
28 october 2020
India’s cut and polished diamond exports declined 19.60 per cent registering $ 1564 mn during Sept 2020 as against $ 1946 mn exported in Sept 2019, according to provisional data released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India.
Recovering global diamond industry to propel Botswana economic growth in 2021
28 october 2020
Botswana's economy will recover and grow by 7.7% in 2021 from the projected 8.9% contraction this year as the global diamond industry bounces back, according to news reports citing the finance minister.
Angola's accession to the EITI with support from the organization
28 october 2020
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) addressed a letter to Angola's Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, where expresses its satisfaction that Angola has announced its intention to become a country implementing the initiative.
Rio Tinto lines up tender of Australian, Canadian diamonds
27 october 2020
Rio Tinto says a selection of rough diamonds from its Argyle mine, in Australia and the Diavik mine, in Canada will be tendered to diamond specialists in October and November.
WDC holds its 2020 Annual General Meeting
27 october 2020
The members of the World Diamond Council (WDC) held their Annual General Meeting on October 19, 2020 by way of a videoconference.
ZCDC resumes rough diamond sales as it struggles to pay workers
27 october 2020
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has resumed rough diamond sales following interruptions caused by global travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
ALROSA extends long-term supply contracts with its clients
27 october 2020
To support its clients amid the persisting market uncertainty, ALROSA has decided to extend the existing long-term rough diamond supply contracts through the end of Q1 2021.
Angola expects diamond hub to open by end of 2021
26 october 2020
Angola is expecting the country's first Diamond Exchange in Angola to be operation by the end of 2021, according to the local media. The minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Diamantino Azevedo was quoted by Angop news agency as saying to top managers of Endiama and Sodiam that the diamond sector should ensure the hub is in place before the end of next year even if the facilities are temporary.
Indian jeweler wins Guinness World Record for ring set with 7801 diamonds
26 october 2020
An Indian company has created a ring set with a record 7,801 diamonds claiming a Guinness World Record, as per media reports. The design, based on a rare, sacred Himalayan flower which has 46 petals, has diamonds covering the entire surface of all the petals.
AG&J responds to GIA decision to grade LGD with same terminology as natural diamonds
26 october 2020
Analytical Gemology and Jewelry (AG&J) head Dusan Simic launched a response to the decision of the GIA to grade laboratory-grown diamonds in what he calls a standardized fashion. “It is also unfortunate that the GIA only made its decision regarding LGDs after the recent publication of the third edition of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds - Information guide to HPHT and CVD-grown diamonds, by myself and Branko Deljanin,” Simic commented.
