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Mmetla Masire: Okavango to resume diamond sales in January
Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is set to resume diamond sales in January 2025, whether the market remains depressed or not. ODC managing director Mmetla Masire told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa on the side-lines of...
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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
Tsodilo, TBM sign royalty agreement
28 july 2020
Diamond and metals exploration company, Tsodilo Resources has reached an agreement with TBM to grant royalties on its wholly owned Botswana subsidiary Gcwihaba for $500,000.
Pangolin raises over $648k for Botswana diamond exploration
28 july 2020
Diamond exploration company, Pangolin Diamonds has raised $648,500 through a non-brokered private placement.
India eyes to become world’s biggest G&J exports hub
27 july 2020
With the Chinese imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong, the United States of America has given an indication of imposing 7.5% duty, which was earlier about 3.3%.
De Beers seeks to narrow gap between revenue, costs – report
27 july 2020
Diamond giant, De Beers has come up with ways it can narrow the gap between its revenue and costs, according to a news report.
Rio Tinto: Our global mine to market diamond business is a success despite COVID-19 pandemic
27 july 2020
In a press release, Rio Tinto has claimed that it has continued to produce and market its diamonds throughout the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
ALROSA promotes digital stone tenders enabled by Sarine's technologies
27 july 2020
Sarine Technologies Ltd is pleased to announce that following their launch of their pilot program of digital tenders initiated last October, it was expanded in May due to the travel limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
WA Government cuts diamond royalty rates from 7.5 to 5%
27 july 2020
The Western Australia (WA) Government has recently announced a cut in diamond royalty rates from 7.5 to 5 percent. Diamond miners have warmly welcomed the one-third royalty rate cut.
DDI, RESOLVE in programme merger to promote responsible sourcing of diamonds
27 july 2020
Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) and RESOLVE, an early pioneer in the field of environmental conflict resolution, have joined forces in a programme merger to bolster both organisations’ capacity to support the responsible sourcing of artisanally mined diamonds and other minerals.
Petra FY20 output, revenue slip
24 july 2020
Petra Diamonds produced 3.59 million carats during the year ended 30 June 2020, a 7% drop from 3.87 million carats, a year earlier.
A 10.69 carat diamond found at Panna mines in India
24 july 2020
Local government authorities have revealed that a 10.69 carat diamond has been retrieved from a shallow mine in the town of Panna, in the Indian the state of Madhya Pradesh.
