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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
Indigenous peoples of the North will take part in the Eastern Economic Forum
11 august 2022
Leaders of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East will take part in business and cultural events at the 7th Eastern Economic Forum, which will be held from 5 to 8 September in Vladivostok, said the statement released by the Roscongress Foundation, the organizer of the Forum.
Companies are to conclude contracts on the annual cargo flow along the Northern Sea Route by October
10 august 2022
Companies were given time until October 1, 2022 to conclude agreements with the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East on the annual cargo flow along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), according to a government decree.
Expert: Local population and bloggers need to be involved to promote tourism in the Arctic
08 august 2022
Andrey Suleikov, head of the analysis and product development program "More than a trip" operatin on the presidential platform "Russia - a country of opportunities", said if local resident and tourists will start creating artistic content this will make it more emotionally colored and facilitate Arctic tourism promotion
It may take up to six years to clean up the Arctic, Rosprirodnadzor head says
05 august 2022
It will take five to six years to clean up the Arctic zone, Svetlana Radionova, Head of Rosprirodnadzor, said in her official Telegram channel, RIA Novosti reports.
Equipment for Arctic ice survey tested this summer in German highlands
04 august 2022
New equipment for a current Arctic ice survey underway in Canada and in Greenland was tested this summer in the German highlands, and got the OK. The Alfred Wegener Institute’s two polar research planes, the Polar 5 and the Polar six, fly annually to the Far North of Canada and Greenland to survey the ice conditions. This year, they’ve been fitted with new high-resolution camera systems.
In Taimyr, the remaining landfills to be identified to continue the Arctic cleanup
03 august 2022
The experts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory’s Ministry of Ecology are investigating the areas where waste accumulated. They collect official data showing that landfills do harm to the environment and these dumps will be included in the state register of objects causing accumulated environment damage. After that, a design and estimate documentation will be developed, an environmental review will be carried out, and liquidation work will begin. It is planned to complete the ‘census’ of landfills by the end of 2025.
Extraordinary global heating occurs in the Arctic
01 august 2022
According to latest studies, it is revealed that there is extraordinary rate of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average. The heating is occurring in the North Barents Sea, a region where fast rising temperatures are suspected to trigger increases in extreme weather in North America, Europe and Asia.
