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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
Jewelry exhibition JUNWEX New Russian Style to be held in Moscow in May
12 march 2020
The largest exhibition of jewelry and watch brands JUNWEX New Russian Style will be held in Moscow from May 20 to May 24, 2020.
Star Diamond commenced legal proceedings against Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc.
12 march 2020
Star Diamond Corporation announced that it commenced legal proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan against Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. ("RTEC") in relation to RTEC's purported exercise in November 2019 of its four options under the option to Joint Venture agreement dated June 22, 2017.
ALROSA has registered a decline in sales of diamonds in February
11 march 2020
ALROSA, the global diamond mining giant, sold diamond products worth $ 346 million in February 2020, which is 14% lower than in January, when the company received $ 405 million.
De Beers sightholder opens diamond manufacturing factory in Botswana
11 march 2020
Finestar Diamonds Botswana, a sightholder of De Beers and a subsidiary of Finestar Jewellery and Diamonds of India, recently opened a diamond manufacturing factory in Gaborone, Botswana.
Diamcor Q3 revenue leaps to $1,4 million
11 march 2020
Diamcor Mining realized $1,4 million in revenue from its Krone-Endora at Venetia project during the third quarter ended December 31, a slight increase when juxtaposed to $1,39 million, a year earlier.
Sarine announces first on-site self-grading 4Cs solution
11 march 2020
Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Sarine Technologies Ltd is proud to announce today another revolutionary innovation - eGrading™.
ALROSA IFRS net profit in 2019 fell by 31%
10 march 2020
The company's net profit for 12 months of 2019 amounted to 63 billion rubles, a decrease of 31% compared with the previous year.
AWDC to develop a self-sustaining, responsible and transparent diamond supply chain in Guinea
10 march 2020
In 2018, the Belgian diamond trader Cap Source together with the support of the AWDC launched a fully traceable and responsibly sourced diamond jewelry collection My Fair Diamond using artisanal diamonds from Sierra Leone.
Zim court frees ALROSA geologists accused of illegally prospecting for gold
10 march 2020
A Zimbabwean court has freed two geologists employed by ALROSA who were arrested for illegally prospecting for gold in the Nyanga National Park and washing the ore in Nyangombe River.
Gem recovers several top-quality diamonds from Letšeng
10 march 2020
Gem Diamonds has recovered several top-quality diamonds, including one pink, from its Letšeng Mine, in Lesotho between February 28 and March 3.
