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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
Clean Norilsk project won the Ecotech-Leader honourary award
07 july 2022
The ceremony of awarding the Ecotech-Leader 2022, a National Prize in the environmental technologies, was held in Moscow on June 27. The companies were honoured that gained significant success in the development, implementation and promotion of advanced environmental technologies.
South Korean scientific expedition went to the Arctic
06 july 2022
The only South Korean icebreaker Araon with some researchers on board went on a long expedition to polar latitudes. The thirteenth expedition of the South Korean scientists will last until October 4; the icebreaker is expected to cover about 15 thousand kilometres. This news was announced on July 4, 2022 by the Korea Institute of Polar Research.
On Novaya Zemlya, a garbage collector robot underwent testing
05 july 2022
The participants of the Arctic Floating University tested a garbage collector robot on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago’s Severny Island. The Atlas robot engineered by the students of the Northern Arctic Federal University, is a four-kilogramme wheeled platform equipped with a video camera and manipulators.
Construction of energy infrastructure for the Baimskaya project to begin in Chukotka
04 july 2022
Chukotatomenergo (a division of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”), a resident of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), is launching the construction of a marine terminal to provide power for the project to develop the Baimskaya ore deposit (Baimka). As per porarctic.ru, this news was announced by Roman Kopin, Head of the Chukotka Autonomous District.
