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

A documentary about Arctic explorers shown in Moscow

14 march 2024

At the end of February, Moscow hosted the premiere of the documentary film “To the Arctic” which tells about the researchers of this region.

“We talk about researchers who continue to discover the most beautiful ice region for us, about new finds and unexpected discoveries. You walk through the icy desert and see traces of fire pits from past centuries. It is interesting to compare diary entries and reality. I chewed coffee beans that were 120 years old,” said the film’s director, ethnographer Leonid Kruglov.

The film was shot over five years in the high-latitude Arctic, the most inaccessible region in the world. The director traveled 12 thousand nautical miles, went along the Northern Sea Route four times, and visited all the Arctic archipelagos of Russia. Filming took place on a number of northern islands, and about 1,100 people worked on the film.

The film was created with the support of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) and the Northern Fleet and has already been released.

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished