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

Yugra region to produce diesel fuel for the Arctic

27 june 2024

The production of diesel fuel for the Arctic, which can be used at temperatures up to -52 degrees Celsius, will begin in October at the Surgut condensate stabilization plant of Gazprom Refining.

Currently, small batches of low-temperature fuel are produced according to consumer orders. But already in October 2024, the first industrial batch will be released. To date, the plant produces three types of diesel fuel. But they can only be used at temperatures from -38 to -44 degrees.

Surgut condensate stabilization plant is the largest processing enterprise in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District with a capacity of up to 12 million tons per year, reprussia.ru reports.

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