Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

Sarine’s David Block: Diamond Industry at Standstill Until Chinese Demand Returns

David Block is CEO of Israel’s Sarine Technologies and has served in the position since 2012. In this exclusive interview for Rough and Polished, Block gives his opinion on the leading issues affecting today’s diamond trade.

11 september 2024

Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Port workers of the Polar transport branch of Norilsk Nickel to be trained online

11 may 2023
The training of employees of the Polar Transport Branch (PTB) of Norilsk Nickel will be transferred as far as possible to a remote format. This was announced by the deputy director of the branch for Personnel and Social Policy Yevgeny Myznikov.
"Our main provider of training is Norilsk Nickel’s Corporate University. It is not always possible to take employees to Norilsk for training and exams due to the weather. In this regard, we decided to transfer the training to the distance format as much as possible and take exams in Dudinka," Myznikov explained.
The Polar Transport Branch already has such an experience – this year there were attempts to pass exams using the Proctoring service. In addition, for the certification of port workers on industrial safety in Dudinka the enterprise is given access to the Rostechnadzor portal – it is no longer necessary to travel to Norilsk and Krasnoyarsk for this purpose.
Norilsk Nickel’s Corporate University trains an average of 50,000 people annually. The company's own academy has over 700 programs. Of these more than 500 are aimed at training, retraining and advanced training of workers. The rest are intended for managers and specialists. Training programs, depending on changes in the company, are constantly updated, ttelegraf.ru reports.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished