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Diamond market crash is Africa’s opportunity, not its crisis – M'zée Fula Ngenge
Global natural diamond supply is forecast to fall below 95 million carats this year, the lowest since 1987. For Dr. M'zée Fula Ngenge, chairperson of the African Diamond Council (ADC), this is not a death knell but a clarion call. In an exclusive...
12 october 2026
Tracr passes 5 million rough diamonds milestone as De Beers expands provenance push
De Beers Group's blockchain-enabled traceability platform Tracr reached a significant milestone in 2025, with more than 5 million rough diamonds individually scanned and registered, up from 2.8 million cumulative registrations reported in 2024. The...
28 september 2026
South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026
South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) has confirmed the country's participation in Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong (JGW) 2026 through a partnership with BRINKS. SDT marketing and communication manager Tsholofelo Gopolang Tselapedi...
14 september 2026
David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle
In this interview with Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa, PhotoScribe Technologies president and chief executive David Benderly explains how PermaScribe differs technically from conventional laser inscription, its potential to strengthen security, and...
31 august 2026
The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds
The natural diamond industry is in the throes of its most profound reset in a generation. Supply is plunging to its lowest level since 1987 and De Beers—once valued at over $9 billion—is reportedly being sold for as little as $1 billion.
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10 august 2026
Rosatom to help Novatek to reduce its carbon footprint in the Arctic
14 october 2022
Rosatom State Corporation and PJSC Novatek will cooperate in the field of decarbonization and development of wind energy in the Arctic. The corresponding memorandum was signed on the first day of the Russian Energy Week by Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Novatek Chairman of the Management Board Leonid Mikhelson
PORA creates an ethnological map of the Barents Region
13 october 2022
The Board Chairman of Project Office for Arctic Development (POAD) spoke about the new initiative of the Project Office at the forum "Public-Private Partnership in the Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples", which was held in Murmansk. It is more correct due to ethnological expertise to talk about the concept of sustainable life support or social impact assessment than about the concept of sustainable development, which supposedly implies some kind of initial “underdevelopment,” says Dmitry Funk, director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He drew attention to the constant monitoring of the territory, the simplest way of which is to survey residents: such data cover a period of 60 years in the United States, the expert noted.
EU Cohesion Policy: €467 million for cooperation actions in the North West Europe, Atlantic and Arctic area
12 october 2022
The European Commission will invest €467 million from European Regional Development Fund in the 2021-2027 programming period for cooperation actions in the North West Europe, Atlantic and Arctic area – especially, in the field of environment and resilience against climate change.
The United States will build three new icebreakers for the Arctic development
11 october 2022
The United States plans to build three new icebreakers to explore the Arctic, according to a senior US administration official announcing it on Friday during a telephone briefing about a new US strategy for the Arctic region.
The importance of public discussions on the implementation of measures in the ESG sphere reflected in the Norilsk Nickel’s corporate policies and policy statements
10 october 2022
The concept of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) encourages companies to think strategically and plan for the long term. The key stakeholders are the company’s employees and the local population, customers, investors, public organizations, and the state as a whole. This is the simplest and clearest explanation of what ESG is for a modern company interested in the long-term and sustainable development.
In the Krasnoyarsk territory mining began at the northernmost coal deposit
07 october 2022
The development of the Syradasay coal deposit has begun in Taimyr. The first coal has already been loaded. This was announced by the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss in his Telegram channel.
Norilsk Nickel to create its own export fleet
06 october 2022
Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, is considering the possibility of forming its own fleet in order to guarantee the export of products. This, according to TASS, was stated by Ravil Nasybullov, director of the logistics department of the company during the All-Russian Maritime Congress.
