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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
Scientists discover previously unknown currents in the Arctic
29 july 2022
Previously unknown currents in the St. Anna Trench were discovered by specialists of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with colleagues from other research institutes. This area of the Kara Sea is key for studying the warming of Arctic waters, and scientists have already made some interesting conclusions.
Nornickel to build new transportation routes to ease logistic challenges
28 july 2022
Russia's Norilsk Nickel has pondered an alternative to European transport routes to sea routes across the Arctic Ocean and the development of ports in Africa. One of the largest producers of nickel, copper and other metals in the world, Russian Norilsk Nickel, which is not under broad international sanctions, is thinking about changing its traditional transportation routes from European to Asian ones.
Rapid melting of frigid Arctic causes extreme rainfall in Indian subcontinent
27 july 2022
According to studies conducted by scientists at the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) in July 2021, the rapid melting of the frigid Arctic nearly 9,000km away is likely to have caused the extreme rainfall witnessed in the Indian subcontinent over the past few decades.
India moves forward to join elite group by releasing its Arctic Policy
26 july 2022
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, released India's Arctic policy titled 'India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’ on March 17, 2022 from the Ministry of Earth Sciences Headquarters in New Delhi.
Development dynamics in Murmansk Province exceeds the average in Russia
21 july 2022
Economic growth in the Murmansk region amounted to 16%, investments – by 30% (600 billion rubles). Industrial production in the region increased by 17.3%, said the Governor of the Murmansk region Andrey Chibis at a meeting of the governors' club to support and implement ideas within the framework of the forum "Strong ideas for a new time – 2022" in Moscow.
The Accounting Chamber called for improving the efficiency of environmental safety management in the Arctic zone
20 july 2022
The preservation of the natural environment of the Arctic zone and the elimination of the environmental consequences of economic activity in the conditions of increasing economic activity in this region are one of the main goals of Russia's state policy in the Arctic.
The results of the Clean Arctic project
19 july 2022
Rosneft and the Russian Arctic National Park have summed up the results of the comprehensive Clean Arctic project to study the impact of Soviet-era economic activities on Arctic ecosystems, polit.ru writes.
