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Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets
Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.
16 september 2024
Sarine’s David Block: Diamond Industry at Standstill Until Chinese Demand Returns
David Block is CEO of Israel’s Sarine Technologies and has served in the position since 2012. In this exclusive interview for Rough and Polished, Block gives his opinion on the leading issues affecting today’s diamond trade.
11 september 2024
Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever
The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...
02 september 2024
Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company
Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...
19 august 2024
WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges
Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...
12 august 2024
Russia may adopt a law regulating the effects of climate change
11 april 2024
The Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic has supported the idea of creating a separate legislative act on permafrost, which can include the entire system of regulating the effects of climate change, said the First Deputy Minister Hajimagomed Huseynov.
Russian and Chinese scientists discuss new approaches to Arctic management
10 april 2024
The St. Petersburg University together with the Oceanic University of China held the third Arctic School event. Employees of the representative office of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in St. Petersburg alto took part in the conference.
New fiber-optic cable to connect Europe to Japan through the Arctic
09 april 2024
The Far North Fiber project in Europe is set to directly connect Europe to Japan with a 14 500 km cable laid along the ocean bottom of the Arctic zone. Connection points will be organized in Japan, the USA (Alaska), Canada, Norway, Finland and Ireland.
NOVATEK suspends production at Arctic LNG-2 due to sanctions
08 april 2024
NOVATEK suspended production at the Arctic LNG-2 project due to sanctions and a shortage of tankers, kommersant.ru reports.
Arctic ice area has been shrinking for half a century - scientists
05 april 2024
The area of sea ice In the Arctic has been decreasing for 46 years, and near the South Pole it has been fluctuating at the level of a historical minimum for the third year in a row, according to the satellite surveillance data was published by NASA.
Russia to allocate almost 22 billion rubles to construct icebreakers
04 april 2024
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate about 22 billion rubles for the construction of icebreakers with the capacities of JSC Baltic Shipyard, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said.
Russia to abolish border control for aircraft delivering cargo to the Arctic
03 april 2024
Russia will abolish border, customs and other types of controls for aircraft delivering people and goods to and from the Arctic. The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted the corresponding law on April 2.
