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

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club mulls diamond safari tours in southern Africa

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club (DDC) is set to organise diamond safari tours in southern Africa, home to major diamond-producing countries. DDC founder Agnes Abdulahu told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the launch of the first diamond safari...

15 july 2024

Vladislav Zhdanov: Questions of efficiency and investment potential of diamond mining versus diamond growing pique keen interest

Vladislav Zhdanov is Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He told Rough&Polished about new researches into the effectiveness of diamond production methods.

02 july 2024

Why it's expensive to cut and polish diamonds in Africa? ADMA president António Oliveira has the answer

The African Diamond Manufacturers Association (ADMA) president António Oliveira told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that the lack of a robust infrastructure in Africa fails to accelerate and encourage manufacturing...

24 june 2024

Edahn Golan: IPO feasible but not Anglo’s preferred way to sell De Beers

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that while an IPO of De Beers is “feasible,"  he does not think this is a route Anglo American...

17 june 2024

A unique gas analyzer for the Arctic developed in Russia

22 february 2024

The Moscow-based Prompribor-R company has developed and is preparing to launch into mass production a new model of a gas analyzer for Arctic conditions, said Vladislav Ovchinsky, Minister of the Government of Moscow, head of the city's Department of Investment and Industrial Policy.

"The manufacturer has created a new model of the gas analyzer for operation in difficult climatic conditions. Such a sensor remains operational at temperatures from minus 60 to plus 60 degrees Celsius. The measuring tool has passed a number of tests and will be put into mass production in the second quarter of 2024," he said.

Prompribor-R is already capable to produce 4,500 Arctic-specific devices annually, ttelegraf.ru writes.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished