Maria Krasnova: Colored gemstones are a serious investment

Maria Krasnova, Executive Director of the renowned company “Samotsvety ot Sokolov” (Gems by Sokolov), spoke to Rough&Polished about the Gemstone project aimed at selling precious stones, as well as about current market trends, new challenges...

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Forging a new legacy: Tshenolo Ntshekang on building a black-owned diamond beneficiation business in South Africa

In an industry historically defined by limited access and foreign dominance, Tshenolo Ntshekang is carving a new path. The founder of Banzi and Karolo Projects, a black-owned diamond beneficiation business, Ntshekang, represents a growing wave of...

03 november 2025

Mahiar Borhanjoo returns to ‘The Heart Of The Diamond Business’

Having started his career in the diamond trade at De Beers in London, Mahiar Borhanjoo returned to the diamond giant last year as Chief Commercial Officer after working for a decade for other diamond companies. Mahiar explains why he returned to De Beers...

27 october 2025

Mubri president Ali Pastorini: You just need to play a transparent game and do everything possible to attract clients

Ali Pastorini, co-owner of the DEL LIMA JEWERLY and president of the Mubri International Association, which unites more than 2,500 wholesalers, retailers, and designers from 18 countries. In this interview with Rough&Polished Ali Pastorini talks about...

20 october 2025

Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Diamond industry must embrace transparency, new sales models to survive

The global diamond industry must fundamentally overhaul its opaque and inefficient sales systems to survive a severe price slump and compete with lab-grown stones, according to Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge, Chairman of the African Diamond Council (ADC)...

13 october 2025

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples to be celebrated in Murmansk region

01 august 2024

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be celebrated on August 9 in the Murmansk region. This year, more than a hundred different events are dedicated to this event in the cities and villages of the region such as exhibitions, thematic meetings, exciting quests, master classes in traditional crafts, quizzes, concerts and much more.

The main festive event will take place on August 10 at the site of the Ethnographic Sami complex in the village of Tuloma. It is also planned to hold the second culinary competition "Arctic Fish Soup".

The celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is organized within the framework of the Year of the Family in Russia and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, b-port.com reports.

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