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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
Holdings in gold-backed ETFs reach an all-time high in March: WGC Report
10 april 2020
The World Gold Council (WGC) released a report recently indicating that holdings in gold-backed ETFs reached an all-time high during March with net inflows up by 5% valued at $8.1bn.
Antwerp young diamantaires donated face masks
10 april 2020
The Young Diamantaires of Antwerp (YDA) this week donated 2500 face masks to the Antwerp hospitals and care centres (GZA).
Angola revises benchmark price for diamonds – report
10 april 2020
The Angolan government will work with a benchmark price of $100.3 per carat for production and sale of diamonds on the international market, an official has said.
ALROSA fights for transparency in business
10 april 2020
ALROSA intends to implement OECD due diligence guidance for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas in order to ensure greater transparency in its business.
ZCDC downscales Marange operations in compliance with Covid-19 lockdown
09 april 2020
State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has downscaled its operations in Marange in compliance with the country’s 21-day lockdown in a bid to stop the spreading of the deadly Covid-19 virus.
Baselworld is in danger of becoming extinct
09 april 2020
According to Swiss newspaper Le Temps, the world’s largest luxury watch and jewelry show, Baselworld, is in danger of becoming extinct.
Namibia diamond trading company donates N$2m to fight Covid-19
09 april 2020
Namibia’s state-owned diamond trading, Namibia Desert Diamonds (Namdia) has allocated N$2 million ($109 000) to support the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
HKTDC: Twin Hong Kong shows slated for 3-6 August
09 april 2020
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has announced that the rescheduled HKTDC Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show 2020 and the HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show 2020 will now be held from August 3-6, 2020.
Angola extends search for independent valuators of rough diamonds
08 april 2020
The government of Angola has extended by 45 days the search for three independent valuators to assort, value and determine the reserve prices of Angolan rough diamonds prior to their commercialisation.
BlueRock boosts Q1 diamond sales
08 april 2020
BlueRock Diamonds says it sold 3, 267 carats from Kareevlei diamond mine, in South Africa during the first three months of 2020, a 77% jump compared with the 1, 847 carats, a year earlier.
