PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Zimbabwe is blessed with a lot of gemstones, silver, platinum, gold, and all types of rocks and stones. These are the raw materials for jewellery.
26 Jewels is based on value addition of these materials. Our goal is to bring our world class skills and technology from; and our access to; the world jewelry markets to Zimbabwe. Then export as jewelry NOT just raw ore.
ZIMASSET
- focus on value addition of our mineral wealth
- Empowering of our youth
Processing Raw Stones
- The gemstones, which are found rough, are cut, polished and tumbled to make them ready for jewellery.
CUTTING AND POLISHING
World class cutters and polishers are available here in Zimbabwe. We become an immediate market for their services, thereby creating and supporting employment (a tenet of ZIMASSET.)
JEWELLERY MAKING
After being cut and polished, the stones are cast and set into jewellery using our state of the art equipment.
The end result is world class jewellery manufactured in Zimbabwe and ready to export.
VALUE ADDITION addon:
-In addition to making jewellery, our machinery also heat treats stones which adds value by making the stones clearer
- We also have a gold smelter for gold purification
MARKETS
- On completion, the jewellery needs a market
- 26 Jewels also has an immediate market for their jewellery, USA (65% of the world's high end jewellery is consumed in the US).
MARKETS
Over years of being in the jewellery business in the US cities of Atlanta and New York, 26 Jewels has direct access to those important jewellery markets.
Americasmart
- Located in Atlanta
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New York DE
- some facts on that
Challenges:
- machinery and chemicals
- voltage and frequency different
- need step down transformers with frequency converter
- Seeking financing to take care of export license and buy the requisite machinery ASAP
- need to be in the diamond exchange when it opens
- access to materials on consignment
