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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
ALROSA earns $ 6.8 million from the sale of large diamonds
24 july 2020
This July, the company’s revenue from sales of special-size diamonds (over 10.8 carats) at auctions held in Belgium and Israel reached $ 6.8 million. The diamond miner said in a press note that bidders coming to view the offered goods visited the company's sales offices in these countries going about it in their usual manner.
De Beers invests in US-based digital jewellery brand
24 july 2020
De Beers has invested in Gemist, a US-based digital jewellery brand, for an undisclosed amount, according to media reports.
Côte d'Ivoire to resume diamond mining after nearly five-decade hiatus
24 july 2020
Côte d'Ivoire, previously Ivory Coast, is set to resume industrial diamond mining for the first time in 45 years, according to a news report.
Mozambique goes after gemstone trafficking networks in Cabo Delgado
24 july 2020
The government of Mozambique has ‘dismantled’ gemstone trafficking networks in Cabo Delgado Province where Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), owned in partnership between Gemfields and Mwiriti Limitada, operates.
IDE hosts KOIN International’s tender of large stones
23 july 2020
The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) completed a successful first tender by KOIN International at its International Tender Center, as per a press note from IDE. The tender offered rough diamonds of 10.80 carats and above, as well as fancy color diamonds from the EKAPA (Kimberley) Mine in South Africa.
ALROSA: unprecedented measures to attract buyers
23 july 2020
“ALROSA retains its commitment to support its clients and the diamond industry and announces a new set of unprecedented measures to offer additional flexibility to its rough diamonds’ buyers,” the company said on Wednesday in a press release.
‘Botswana cannot produce, sale synthetic diamonds’
23 july 2020
Botswana cannot engage in production and sale of synthetic diamonds as this will have an impact on the value of its natural diamonds, a government official has said.
India’s gold import to dip two-decade low in calendar year 2020
23 july 2020
India’s gold import in the calendar year 2020 is expected to fall 50 per cent to nearly a 17-year low because of lackluster demand, record-high prices and the Covid-19 outbreak in March. Analysts estimate that India’s gold imports this year will be to the tune of only 350 tonnes.
ALROSA needs to think about the future - Trutnev
22 july 2020
During a press conference with Yury Trutnev, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Alexander Kozlov, Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic held on Tuesday at Interfax, the participants raised the issue of diversifying ALROSA's business.
Gemfields report: The future is bright for coloured gemstones in China
22 july 2020
Gemfields has launched its first-ever China-centric consumer insight report, which is focused on coloured gemstones in China – a very fast-growing market. The report findings makes it clear that the future is full of exciting opportunities in China.
