Nosiphiwo Mzamo: South Africa’s State Diamond Trader to buy diamonds from other African countries

South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) is set to buy diamonds from other African countries starting with Botswana. SDT’s chief executive Nosiphiwo Mzamo told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa at the country’s inaugural diamond show, which...

10 february 2025

Edahn Golan: Halo effect from lab-grown diamonds driving high demand for large, 2-carat natural stones in the U.S.

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that their research found a halo effect from lab-grown diamonds. He said the trend among lab-grown diamond...

27 january 2025

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

Russia and Brazil to join efforts in Arctic studies

01 march 2024

Russia and Brazil plan to conduct a joint scientific research expedition to the Arctic in 2025. This was announced following the results of the Russian-Brazilian consultations on the development of scientific and technological cooperation in the polar regions, held at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) at the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.

The event was attended by Nikolai Korchunov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and Marcia Barbosa, State Secretary for Policy and Strategic Programs of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Vostok.Today reports.

Brazil, like other BRICS countries, shows great interest in Arctic projects.

The head of the Brazilian delegation stated that she considers it very important that the global South and the global North develop scientific and technological cooperation in the polar regions. "The foundation for such interaction has been laid today. Countries have huge opportunities for the development of scientific, technological and business projects," Barbosa said.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished