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

Nuclear icebreakers successfully moored vessels to three ice pads on the Yenisei river

25 march 2024

The nuclear icebreakers Ural and Vaigach moored vessels on the Yenisei River for unloading cargo on ice pads at the port points Tanalau, Vorontsovo and Karaul.

The highly professional mooring of the vessel to the ice berth takes experienced captains less than two hours. But first, a whole range of work is carried out to select the unloading location, set landmarks, prepare slots at the ship's "parking lot" and mark the axis of the approach channel.

Cape Schmidt, Captain Danilkin, Valery Vasiliev and Yamal Irbis vessels delivered construction materials to the port points of Tanalau, Vorontsovo and the Karaul.

It is planned that the ice pads will be open until the end of the first decade of May.

The increase in the volume of traffic along the Northern Sea Route is ensured by the establishment of regular cargo transportation, the construction of new nuclear icebreakers and the modernization of the relevant infrastructure, the press service of Atomflot notes.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished