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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
BlueRock lifts Q3 output, grades at Kareevlei despite Covid-19 pandemic
15 october 2020
BlueRock Diamonds has lifted its third-quarter diamond output at the Kareevlei diamond mine, in South Africa by 40% to 5,577 carats compared to 3,973 carats, a year earlier.
De Beers promotes diamond beneficiation in South Africa
15 october 2020
De Beers has accepted five-diamond polishing and jewellery manufacturing companies in South African to its Enterprise Development Project for Diamond Beneficiators.
CIBJO releases laboratory-grown diamond guidance
14 october 2020
The board of directors of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has released a laboratory-grown diamond guidance document for review by officers and members of affiliated national associations and representatives of commercial members.
‘Debswana could produce just under 20 million carats this year’
14 october 2020
Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, is expected to produce ‘just under’ 20 million carats this year as positive signals are emerging for the local diamond sector, according to media reports citing Statistics Botswana.
Antwerp & ADPA host African Diamond Conference Webinars
14 october 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent restrictions make it impossible to bring together the industry for the 2nd African Diamond Conference, which was set to take place in Durban, South Africa in May this year, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) together with its partners, Belgium’s Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs and the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), have announced a series of webinars, on October 14, 21 and 28, aimed at sharing information on challenges and opportunities for African diamond producing countries and the diamond industry.
TSL reports $11.6 mn loss due to the pandemic
14 october 2020
The Hong Kong based jeweler Tse Sui Luen has reported an $11.6 mn loss for the year ended 31 March. Sales declined by 28.3 per cent to $376 mn. The previous year the company turned a profit of $7 mn.
President of the Russian Federation holds a working meeting with ALROSA head
13 october 2020
On Monday, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with ALROSA CEO Sergei Ivanov, with whom he discussed the company's position in the global diamond market, the challenges it faces and its plans for the future.
IIJS Virtual 2020: Shri Piyush Goyal appreciates Indian G&J industry’s ability to face any adversity and emerge winner
13 october 2020
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) inaugurated the first-ever India International Jewellery Show, IIJS Virtual 2020 on October 12. The show will be open for 5 days till October 16, 2020.
Lucapa recommences scaled mining operations at Mothae
13 october 2020
Lucapa Diamond has re-commenced scaled mining operations at the Mothae kimberlite diamond mine in Lesotho. The mine had remained on care and maintenance since lockdown and isolation measures forced the suspension of operations in late March 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Dominion Diamonds says the proposed sale of Ekati is off
13 october 2020
Dominion Diamonds said it had stopped negotiations around the proposed sale of certain Dominion assets, including the Ekati mine.
