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

All Arctic regional centers in Yakutia to have access to high-speed Internet by 2027

12 march 2024

By the end of 2027, all regional centers of Yakutia in the Arctic will be connected to the high-speed Internet, said Anatoly Semyonov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Yakutia.

According to him, a big breakthrough has been made in Yakutia within five years, and today 386 settlements are connected to the fiber-optic communication line.

"No other subject of the Russian Federation can boast of such a pace. (...) We see how with the advent of the fast Internet the population begins to actively use general services, government services, messengers, and social networks. People can receive medical services, study and work remotely," Semyonov said.

The "Synergy of the Arctic" project is being implemented by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, ysia.ru reports.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished