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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
Namibia opens applications for new diamond licences
10 july 2020
Namibia, which is the world’s fifth largest diamond producer by value, has opened applications for new diamond licences, local media reports.
ALROSA postpones trading sessions
10 july 2020
The diamond miner’s July trading session, initially scheduled for July 12-17, will take place on July 27-31, according to its press release distributed on Thursday. The company says this decision will support its clients that expressed potential interest in purchasing rough in this period.
Covid-19: Stargems donates 10% of its retail revenue to Dubai Cares
09 july 2020
Stargems, an international diamond company that sources and supply diamonds across the world, has become the first jewellery retailer to donate 10% of its retail revenue to Dubai Cares from 1 June to 31 August 2020.
United Nations publishes CIBJO’s statement to ECOSOC on sustainable development
09 july 2020
The United Nations Secretary General office has announced the publication of statements delivered by NGOs affiliated to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development that is currently taking place.
WDC President applauds the GemFair-GIZ-MRU agreement
09 july 2020
Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council, has expressed the WDC’s strong support for an agreement announced by the De Beers Group’s GemFair initiative, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Mano River Union (MRU).
Hummingbird Resources joins World Gold Council
09 july 2020
The World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, has welcomed Hummingbird Resources to its Board of Members.
GJEPC represents Gem & Jewellery Industry concerns to India’s Finance Minister
08 july 2020
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council’s Chairman Colin Shah, Vice Chairman Vipul Shah, and Executive Director Sabyasachi Ray held a video meeting with the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on 6th July, and made a presentation on the critical issues concerning the gem and jewellery industry.
Surat diamond polishing units to remain shut till July 14
08 july 2020
The diamond cutting and polishing units in Surat will remain shut till July 14, while diamond trading markets will be nonoperational till July 10, following the rise in Covid-19 cases among workers and merchants.
Dominion Diamond Mines sues Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond
08 july 2020
Diavik Diamond Mines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is being sued by Dominion Diamond Mines, its 40 per cent partner in the NWT’s Diavik diamond mine.
DMCC positions Dubai as a global hub for natural and laboratory-grown diamond trade
08 july 2020
In line with its mandate to attract, facilitate and drive new trade flows through Dubai, DMCC is positioning the emirate as a hub for both the natural and laboratory-grown diamond trade.
