Roni Stschik is one of the most unusual persons in the jewelry industry, since he is the most diversified professional, being the cutter and goldsmith, process man and innovating inventor, designer and manager of a young, but already famous company named Majestic Jewelry Ltd. Roni belongs to the third generation of diamantaires and inherited not only his family’s love for work with diamonds, but creativity. Jokingly he says that his company registers more patents than any other in Israel.
The Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant named after V.N. Gulidov is the world’s only manufacturer, which takes all the existing types of raw minerals to process them into eight precious metals: platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, as well as gold and silver. OAO Krastsvetmet refines about 50% of Russia’s gold and 98% of platinoids. The company’s outlook is described by its General Manager Igor Tikhov.
Her last name meaning “exemplary” suits her as no one else: the artist fanatically devoted to music, the singer for whom her profession is her passion and the paramount sense of life, the magnetic personality, Elena Obraztsova is the first Russian singer who received the status of a legend of the world vocal.De Beers SA, the world's largest producer of diamonds, Monday said a strike planned by about 3,400 workers at its mines in South Africa would affect production as well as employees who benefit from an incentive scheme, RAPAPORT reported.
The Johannesburg company said members of the National Union of Mineworkers plan to strike after the union rejected an offer of an 11 percent wage increase this year, sticking with its demand for a 13.5 percent hike.
"De Beers is disappointed that NUM believes its purposes might be better served by embarking on industrial action," the company said, adding that it was open to continuing discussions with the union. De Beers, which is majority-owned by Anglo American PLC has six mines in South Africa.
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