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

Arctic LNG-2 included in the Forbes list of largest investor companies in Russia

06 december 2023

The Arctic LNG-2 company, a project of Novatek for the extraction and production of liquefied natural gas at the Gydan Peninsula, entered the Forbes list of top 30 investor companies in Russia.

The company took the fourth place after Gazprom, Rosneft, and Atomenergoprom. Investments for 2022 are estimated at 335.8 billion rubles, and for 2021 at 424.8 billion rubles.

In 2022, Arctic LNG 2 took ninth place in the Forbes top 30 list.

Leonid Mikhelson, the head of Novatek, took the fourth place in the rating of Russian billionaires in 2023 after Andrei Melnichenko, Vladimir Potanin, and Vladimir Lisin. Michelson's income is estimated at $21.6 billion, abn.agency notes.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished