Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

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

China and Yakutia deepen cooperation in Arctic sustainability and development

24 may 2024

The investment potential of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was presented at the business and scientific event "Northern Forum - China: cooperation in the field of innovative technologies for the protection and development of the Arctic". It was held during the Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin (China).

Following the event, a number of cooperation agreements were signed, including a memorandum of intentions of the Government of Yakutia on cooperation with the international corporation Xuanyuan Group Industrial Development Co. Ltd. for the construction of the year-round Naiba seaport in the Kharaulakh Bay.

In addition, the parties signed a document on cooperation to construct a medium-tonnage liquefied natural gas plant with a capacity of 530,000 tons per year in the Megino-Kangalassky district of Yakutia, the regional administration reported.

Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished