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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
De Beers, Alrosa record ‘rock-bottom’ sales in June – report
01 july 2020
Two leading global diamond companies, De Beers and Alrosa recorded “rock-bottom” sales in June as buyers rejected their high rough prices, according to media reports.
Get Diamonds and JA announce Member Benefit Partner Agreement
01 july 2020
Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and Get Diamonds, the world’s largest B2B online diamond marketplace that is backed and supported by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), have announced a Member Benefit Partner agreement, says a press release from WFDB.
DMCC signs MoU with Guangzhou Diamond Exchange of China
01 july 2020
DMCC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Guangzhou Diamond Exchange (GZDE), establishing a strategic partnership with one of China’s leading international diamond trading platforms and communities.
Chow Tai Fook to expand Monologue chain, shut signature stores
01 july 2020
Hong Kong jewellery retailer Chow Tai Fook is expanding its new lower-priced chain to target younger shoppers in mainland China and is also to close up to eight Hong Kong and Macau stores by the end of the current financial year.
ALROSA: Internatsionalny is back to work
30 june 2020
The Internatsionalny diamond mine resumed operations on June 30 at zero local time (GMT + 9) after a short downtime, the company said on Tuesday.
Fire starts at ALROSA’s Internatsionalny diamond mine
30 june 2020
A load-haul-dump vehicle caught fire at the ALROSA Internatsionalny diamond mine, according to Interfax citing Yakutia’s Ministry of Emergencies.
Petra Diamonds up for sale after review of $650m debt
30 june 2020
Petra Diamonds, which has mines in South Africa and Tanzania, has put itself up for sale or parts of the business and assets of the group. This follows a strategic review, which seeks to find ways to repay the group’s $650 million debt.
Luk Fook local sales drop 18.7% y-on-y in Q1
30 june 2020
Jewellery group Luk Fook Holdings (International) Limited has reported that revenue generated from its 11 self-operated shops in the Macau market dropped by 18.7 per cent to some $ 202 mln in the first quarter of this year. However, improvements have been noticed this month, says the company.
BlueRock says diamond prices 'not hit hard’ by COVID-19
30 june 2020
BlueRock Diamonds says prices of its diamonds were not badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as initially anticipated.
Stornoway reshuffles its management team
30 june 2020
Stornoway Diamonds (Canada) Inc. has announced that Patrick Godin and Ms Annie Torkia Lagacé will be stepping down from their respective positions as President and CEO of the Corporation and Executive Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services.
