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15 march 2021 09 february 2021 The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and jewellery industry has appointed Ashish Pethe as Chairman and Saiyam Mehra as its Vice Chairman for two years, according to a press release from the organisation. Ashish Pethe, Chairman GJC said: “I am grateful to the Board and it is an honour to accept the responsibility of steering the national domestic council. We shall work closely with the Government and take up va...

Prior to the discovery of the Marange diamond fields, the country had two known diamond mines. The two are Rio Tinto’s Murowa Diamond Mine and a privately-owned River Ranch Mine. For years there was a deafening silence regarding the diamond industry in Zimbabwe, until Marange gems dredged up on the scene in 2006 sparking what is commonly known as a diamond rush. Harare dispatched ruthless security personnel in a frantic bid to bring sanity in the diamond area. Civic groups, however, claimed t...

Today 05 december 2011 Angola has a huge wealth of mineral resources but, almost a decade after the end of a crippling civil war, it has yet to map them out and take advantage of the natural treasures, Antwerp Facets says. If there was a title for under-performer in the diamond producing sector, the perennial winner would almost undoubtedly have been Angola. With abundant alluvial deposits and literally hundreds of kimberlite formations dotting a fault line that runs from the from Huila and Ben...

08 march 2021 28 october 2011 Recently President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited locations o Jewellery House Estet within the scope of his three-days state visit, Rough&Polished were reported at the jewellery manufacturing company. Serzh Sargsyan was warmly and sonorously received by the Chairman of Estet Gagik Gevorkyan. Accompanied with the First Lady and a delegation of ministers of foreign affairs, economy, culture and science, Mr. Sargsyan took a tour over jewellery manufacturing units o...

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Rough&Polished - information and analytics about diamond and jewellery markets.

15 march 2021 20 december 2007 Rio Rinto, the worlds third-largest mining company, warned that Zimbabwes proposed indigenization laws and an unviable fixed exchange rate regime could force it to shut down a gold mine and put on ice a planned $60 million diamond project. The government has notified mining companies that it will indigenize the countrys mines by forcing them by law to cede portions of their shareholding to government and locals. The Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines confirmed that there w...

Yesterday 08 april 2010 When consumers are asked to think of a country that produces elegant and sophisticated design in many aspects of life, the name they usually come up with is Italy. But with its great success in the art of producing highly original work comes the problem of imitation. In an age of globalisation where information can be downloaded in seconds, Italian-style jewellery can be found all over the world, but it has not necessarily been made or even designed in Italy, AWDC report...

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