Paul Zimnisky: We will see a modest recovery in natural diamond demand and prices in 2025

According to Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant based in the New York metro area, the natural diamond industry will see a modest recovery in demand and prices this year. Zimnisky said a moderate recovery would...

13 january 2025

African Diamond Council makes traceability its top priority, wants KP to embrace Authentia.io

The African Diamond Council (ADC) has made traceability its foremost priority and has been contributing to a traceability solution called Authentia.io for the last three and a half years, which is now ready to globally satisfy the traceability...

16 december 2024

Gaetano Cavalieri: CIBJO leading the jewelry industry on critical issues

One of the gem and jewellery industry’s most well-known and respected personalities, Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri, has been the president of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), for the past 23 years. CIBJO is the oldest international organisation...

09 december 2024

Alexander Kolyadin: In my opinion, the term “LGD” is obsolete and incorrect

As Rough&Polished recently reported, Russian scientists and engineers set a new record in the fall of 2024 when New Diamond Technology (NDT) company, jointly with NPK (Scientific and Production Complex) Almaz, created the world’s largest...

02 december 2024

Ahmed Bin Sulayem: Europe’s bid to inspect, approve diamonds from foreign jurisdictions an abusive overreach

The Kimberley Process (KP) chairperson Ahmed Bin Sulayem who is also the executive chairperson for the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa Europe’s bid to inspect and approve of all diamonds emanating...

26 november 2024

Port capacity on the Northern Sea Route increased to 40.5 million tons in 2023

16 february 2024

The capacity of Russian ports on the Northern Sea Route has increased to 40.5 million tons in 2023. This exceeds the planned figure of 36 million tons laid down in the "Development of the NSR" federal project by 12%, said Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Director of the Directorate of the Northern Sea Route of the Rosatom State Corporation.

The most important projects that made it possible to achieve the NSR development plan were the work at the Utrenny terminal (PJSC NOVATEK) and the construction of a gravity-type base with a displacement of over 600,000 tons along the Sea Channel of the Gulf of Ob.

"We ensured that the deadline for the implementation of NOVATEK's most important investment project was met," Kulinko said.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished