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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.
Lab-grown...
10 august 2026
Scientists scrambling to figure out why Western Alaska chum and chinook stocks are crashing
19 august 2022
Scientists have been scrambling to figure out why Western Alaska chum and chinook stocks are crashing. They’re starting to hone in on one primary cause for the chum collapse: recent marine heatwaves in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, alaskapublic.org writes.
The cargo turnover of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port increased by almost 40% in the first 7 months of the year
18 august 2022
In the first seven months of 2022, the total cargo turnover of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port amounted to 181,000 tons. Compared to the same period last year, it increased by 39.9% (in 2021 – 51,600 tons).
Volunteers from Norilsk Nickel came to the aid of the Lapland Nature Reserve
17 august 2022
The volunteers of the second eco-shift of the Norilsk Nickel’s “Poneslos” (Things Got Rolling) eco-marathon helped the employees of the Lapland Nature Reserve once again. This season, the volunteers are now busy repairing excursion trails, painting poles and improving the road leading to the Reserve.
Novatek to order in Turkey floating power plant for Arctic LNG-2
17 august 2022
The power supply of the first line of the Arctic LNG-2 plant will be provided by a floating power plant with a capacity of up to 400 MW, powered by gas piston engines. Novatek, the operator of the project, intends to order such a station from the Turkish company Karpowership.
Volunteers with the support of Norilsk Nickel collected more than 200 tons of garbage in Nikel
16 august 2022
About 208 tonnes of waste were collected within 11 days by the volunteers of the federal Clean Arctic ecological project and the volunteers of the World Tree Camp set up with the support of the Norilsk Nickel company, the Prime Sponsor of the project.
New residents of the Arctic zone in Chukotka to increase the production of precious metals to 400 kg
16 august 2022
The new resident companies of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation in Chukotka - Arktikgeoldobycha and GOLDARCTIC - will increase the production of precious metals to 400 kg by 2027, TASS said citing the media communication service of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.
Norilsk may become a key point for the development of the Arctic
12 august 2022
The agreement on cooperation and interaction in the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation was signed by Dmitry Karasev, Mayor of Norilsk and Alexander Stotsky, Director General of the autonomous non–profit organization "Expert Center - Arctic Development Project Office" (PORA in Russian abbreviation).
