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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Expert center for construction in permafrost conditions to be opened in Khabarovsk

22 december 2023

The Federal Expert Center for construction of infrastructure facilities on permafrost and weak foundations, a division of the Far Eastern State University of Transport, will be opened in Khabarovsk in 2024.

The key facility of the new think-tank will be a laboratory for geotechnical construction on freezing, permafrost and thawing soils in the Far East and the Arctic. It will be created on the basis of the Department of Bridges, Tunnels and Underground Structures, the university’s press service told TASS.

According to the website of Khabarovsk's government, Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov proposed the creation of the new expert center following the results of annual university reports participating in the Priority 2030 program.

A new expert center at the university will provide technical services and expert assessment of construction technologies for transport, industrial and social innovation activities in the Arctic and subarctic zones.

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished