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

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

De Beers shines light on budding jewellery designers

Diamond giant De Beers will this year conduct its bi-annual Shining Light Awards jewellery design competition. De Beers beneficiation manager Kagiso Fredericks told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview they set aside 4.5 carats...

22 july 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