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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
Vladimir Putin instructed to study the problems of volunteers when cleaning the Arctic
In September, during a meeting with participants of the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum "Ecosystem. Reserved land" Putin promised to work out and finalize the legal and regulatory framework to continue cleaning the Arctic, noting that this will be done in the near future.
"The Government of the Russian Federation together with the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, whose territories are included in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, and with the involvement of the autonomous non-profit organization Clean Arctic, analyze the problems that have arisen when volunteers carry out activities for the collection, accumulation, transportation and disposal of waste... including in water protection zones, and, if necessary, submit proposals on amendments to legislation to solve these problems," reads the list of instructions given by RIA Novosti.
It was also instructed to submit proposals for the implementation by volunteers of the autonomous non-profit organization "Clean Arctic" of activities aimed at environmental protection in the territories included in the Arctic zone of Russia, as well as to ensure financing of this activity.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
