Amanda Triossi – an expert of Sotheby's, the registrar and curator of the BVLGARY anniversary exhibition, collector of jewelry and author of some books about jewelry art - intends to visit Russia in the near future with an authorial workshop, “Understanding jewelry.”
Arthur Androsov, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, a diamond industry veteran and inventor, gave this interview to Rough&Polished. 
Varda Shine, Managing Director of Diamond Trading Company (DTC), met our correspondent in London shortly before the World Diamond Congress in Moscow for this interview where she shared some of her views on the current state of affairs in the diamond industry.Emerging mid-tier diamond producer and explorer Pangea Diamondfields said it will sell its Dimbi project in the Central African Republic (CAR) to an unnamed “senior” employee.
Pangea chief executive Boris Kamstra said in a statement that the consideration for the disposal was a 5 percent royalty payment based on future gross sales revenue from the sale of diamonds from Dimbi.
In addition, he said, a payment of $500,000 would be paid either from the proceeds of the first sales of diamonds in the event that the new owner chooses to operate the project or from the proceeds of asset sales should the purchaser choose not to operate the project.
“While Pangea considers the fundamentals of the Dimbi project attractive, the logistical support required to maintain a commercial-scale operation and the long lead-times associated with the procurement of equipment and spares are considered to be unviable at the company's planned scale of operations,” Kamstra said.
He noted that the disposal enabled Pangea to retain exposure to the project should a future mining operation be established.
Meanwhile, Pangea said it will close its Etoile project, also in CAR.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Rough&Polished from Namibia
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