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

Russian-made tires tested in the Arctic

21 march 2024

Tests of tires manufactured by the Russian Vershina Center have begun at the Northeastern Federal University, a resident of the advanced development territory of Yakutia.

According to the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (KRDV), the general customer of the tests is the domestic holding Cordian.

The tests are conducted in two stages on four snow and ice tracks. Tires are tested on natural, not artificial ice. The task is to study and improve the rubber in the conditions of the climate of the Russian Arctic. A technical center and a service center also operate at the test ground.

The investment project was implemented under an agreement with the KRDV, the volume of investments amounted to about 70 million rubles, ttelegraf.ru reports.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished