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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...
18 november 2024
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
AGD DIAMONDS attends PDAC Mining Forum in Canada
17 april 2020
AGD DIAMONDS took an active part in the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) forum, which was held in early March in Toronto.
Thai households & investors rush to sell gold as local prices hit 7-year high
17 april 2020
Cash-strapped Thais rushed to sell gold in Bangkok’s Chinatown, on Thursday, cashing in on a surge in the price of the precious metal as the new coronavirus outbreak pulls the economy into a recession with millions losing jobs.
Branko Deljanin to organize a practical webinar on identifying gems with instruments
17 april 2020
Branko Deljanin, Director of BrankoGems & CGL Canadian gem lab, is organizing on April 20 a practical webinar on screening and identifying pink/red gems and diamonds.
Endiama explores funding solutions for diamond producers in Angola
16 april 2020
Angolan state-owned diamond mining company, Endiama is exploring viable diamond funding solutions to create liquidity for producers in the southern African country as the Covid-19 pandemic cripples their operations.
ALROSA's diamond sales in cts in Q1, 2020 increased by 15% compared to the previous period
16 april 2020
ALROSA, the world leader in diamond production, reported its preliminary operating results for the 1 quarter of 2020.
Petra still in talks with Tanzania over late VAT receivables, blocked diamond parcel
16 april 2020
Petra Diamonds says discussions with the Tanzanian government in relation to various issues, including the overdue VAT receivables and the blocked diamond parcel, are ongoing but have been interrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
India's G&J units in SEZs/EOUs may resume partial operations after April 20
16 april 2020
The Government of India has announced that operations in certain types of industrial units outside of the demarcated containment zones will be permitted after April 20, onwards along with adequate precautions.
Diamonds, PGMs help boost Zim mineral exports
15 april 2020
imbabwe earned $410 million in mineral exports in the first two months of the year compared with $300 million realised in the same period, in 2019.
Stornoway extends care and maintenance period at Renard Diamond Mine
15 april 2020
Stornoway Diamonds announced that it will extend the care and maintenance period of its operations due to depressed diamond market conditions despite the announcement of Québec Minister of Natural Resources to restart mining activities in the province.
Lucapa sells Mothae diamonds into cutting, polishing partnership
15 april 2020
Lucapa Diamond has sold 3,963 carats, including a 64 carat top-colour, from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho into a cutting and polishing partnership with an unnamed “high-end” diamantaire for $2 million or $505 per carat.
