Helga Pombal: Angola's Stardiam finds solution to the threat posed by lab-grown diamonds

Stardiam manager of production Helga Pombal told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa on the sidelines of the Angola International Diamond Conference that lab-grown diamonds are creating a parallel market for more accessible stones, combined with lower...

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Ellah Muchemwa: ADPA to launch Africa's first diamond mining standard next year

The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which is based in Luanda, Angola, and represents the interests of mainly African diamond producers and those with the potential to produce diamonds, will next year launch the Sustainable Development...

04 november 2024

Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

28 october 2024

Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Russian and Brazilian scientists discuss joint Arctic and Antarctic research

30 october 2024

The Russian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Russian Ambassador to Norway, member of the Presidium of the State Commission on Arctic Development Nikolai Korchunov and a delegation of scientists from Brazil.

Alexander Makarov, Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, presented the possibilities of developing cooperation between researchers from Russia and Brazil in the field of scientific, technological and educational cooperation in the Arctic region.

The parties discussed issues of climate change, biodiversity and marine resources, technology and the possibility of organizing joint expeditions. The substantive discussion was focused on further areas of Russian-Brazilian cooperation on polar research, scientific, technological and educational cooperation between Brazilian universities and Russian organizations in the Arctic region, korabel.ru reports.

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