Diamond News Archives

(IDEX Online) - Pandora has re-opened two-thirds of its 375 North American outlets, using the Waitlist Me app to tell customers when they can enter.

The Danish jewelry retail giant will allow no more than five customers in a store at any one time.

The app, developed initially for restaurants to tell diners when their table is free, is being used to alert customers when there's a sales associate available to help them, without them having to wait in line outside.

Sid Keswani, Pandora Jewelry's North American president, told the New York Post^[1] they wanted to make customers' experience as safe and effective as possible.

"We are learning what to do if we had to manage crowds three to four times the size we are getting now," he said.

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(IDEX Online) - Zimbabwe's Murowa Diamonds has blamed erratic power supplies for a fall in output.

Owners RioZim said the supply deficit remains a key risk across the group's operations despite a slight improvement in the first quarter of this year.

Figures for 2019 show production down seven per cent on the previous year from 740,244 carats to 685,000 carats.

The company has invested in generators for its gold mines at Dalny and Renco.

Rio Tinto sold its majority stake in the Murowa mine (pictured), 450km  from the country's capital Harare, in 2015.  The mine went online in 2004.

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