The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) reported a nearly 20% increase in total diamond trading volume for the first quarter of 2026, driven by a 35.7% surge in rough diamond imports.
27 april 2026
Botswana Minerals has positioned itself as a data-led, multi-commodity explorer, placing copper at the centre of its growth strategy while retaining diamond assets for future upside, Managing Director James Campbell has told Rough & Polished. In an exclusive...
13 april 2026
Angola's new Digital Mining Cadastre (CMA) is on track to reduce average permitting timelines by one-third once fully deployed, according to Emanuel Vieira Lopes, Advisor to the Secretary of State for Mineral Resources. In an interview with...
06 april 2026
As geopolitical tensions escalate in the Middle East, diamond industry analyst Paul Zimnisky warns that the impact is most acute at trading hubs like Dubai, where flight cancellations and travel fears are keeping buyers away. In a wide-ranging interview...
30 march 2026
South Africa's State Diamond Trader (SDT) operations manager Conrad Van Der Ross has witnessed the diamond industry transform over three and a half decades—from his nervous start as a De Beers trainee sorter in pre-democracy South Africa...
23 march 2026
From July 29 to August 11, volunteers participating in the Green Arctic expedition will clean up five different sections on the territory of the Ingilor Nature Park in the Priuralsky district from scrap metal and dilapidated buildings.
The volunteer squad will consist of 12 people. In two weeks, they will have to collect and remove 400 tons of scrap metal, dismantle at least a dozen old wooden buildings and eliminate four garbage dumps, sever-press.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
