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

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10 february 2025

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

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Paul Zimnisky: We will see a modest recovery in natural diamond demand and prices in 2025

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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...

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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