Diamond market crash is Africa’s opportunity, not its crisis – M'zée Fula Ngenge

Global natural diamond supply is forecast to fall below 95 million carats this year, the lowest since 1987. For Dr. M'zée Fula Ngenge, chairperson of the African Diamond Council (ADC), this is not a death knell but a clarion call. In an exclusive...

12 october 2026

Tracr passes 5 million rough diamonds milestone as De Beers expands provenance push

De Beers Group's blockchain-enabled traceability platform Tracr reached a significant milestone in 2025, with more than 5 million rough diamonds individually scanned and registered, up from 2.8 million cumulative registrations reported in 2024. The...

28 september 2026

South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026

South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) has confirmed the country's participation in Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong (JGW) 2026 through a partnership with BRINKS. SDT marketing and communication manager Tsholofelo Gopolang Tselapedi...

14 september 2026

David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle

In this interview with Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa, PhotoScribe Technologies president and chief executive David Benderly explains how PermaScribe differs technically from conventional laser inscription, its potential to strengthen security, and...

31 august 2026

The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds

The natural diamond industry is in the throes of its most profound reset in a generation. Supply is plunging to its lowest level since 1987 and De Beers—once valued at over $9 billion—is reportedly being sold for as little as $1 billion.
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10 august 2026

Scientists urged to come to terms with climate change

23 august 2022
More than a thousand scientists and specialists from all over the world signed the "World Climate Declaration", declaring the senselessness of combating climate change, yamal-media.ru reported.
Experts believe that the current climate situation does not represent any emergency, and the impact of human activity on global warming is exaggerated.
On Earth, experts say, everything goes on as usual. Now is the period of warming, but in the history of the planet it has always been cyclically replaced by a phase of cooling. Therefore, there is no reason to panic.
Meanwhile, Finnish and Norwegian experts have found out that warming in the Arctic is four times faster than on the rest of the planet. Scientists have found that, since 1979, the temperature in the Arctic has increased by 0.75 degrees every 10 years, which is higher than previously thought.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished