SA jewellery firm employee the only black woman operator of the Bettonville diamond laser machine

Luxury jewellery company African Romance employee Brenda Tshabalala is the only black woman in the world to operate the scarce Bettonville diamond laser machine. There are only three of these advanced laser machines globally, one of which is in...

Diamond jewellery company notches up 300% growth despite economic slowdown

In the midst of the worst economic crisis the world has seen since the great depression in the 1930s, diamond-focused jewellery company African Romance has grown by 300% during this period.

Etruscan Diamonds to complete study on Ventersdorp project by August

A prefeasibility study (PFS) on the viability of expanding South African diamond-miner Etruscan Diamonds' Blue Gum project, in the alluvial diamond district of Ventersdorp, from the forecast production rate of 100 000 m3 to 260 000 m3, would...

Challenge is to turn resources to account for broad national benefit, says Godsell

Gold company Gold Fields is well on its way to providing the near-mine community of the Far West Rand with an economic future when mining ceases in the area. This will be done through "living gold" - the growing of long-stem, big-headed...

Challenge is to turn resources to account for broad national benefit, says Godsell

Gold company Gold Fields is well on its way to providing the near-mine community of the Far West Rand with an economic future when mining ceases in the area. This will be done through “living gold” – the growing of long-stem,...

Beneficiate voluntarily or we'll force you to, Nogxina warns

The government would force companies to locally beneficiate South Africa's metals and minerals if they failed to do so voluntarily, Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) DG Sandile Nogxina warned on Wednesday. Nogxina said, at the opening of the...

Black-owned South African diamond 'first' will rival Cartier, Gucci, CEO predicts

The products of new black-owned diamond beneficiation company African Romance would be the first African brand to stand alongside Gucci and Cartier, CEO Mohseen Moosa predicted in Johannesburg on Wednesday.