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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...
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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
Russian government to allocate 300 million rubles to subsidize transportation along the NSR
22 october 2024
As reported on the Cabinet's website, the funds will be sent to shipping companies. This will be both compensation for income lost due to preferential tariffs, and reimbursement of expenses related to ship calls at ports, rzd-partner.ru notes.
Scientists conducted the first sounding of the water column of the Arctic Ocean
21 october 2024
Scientists of the North Pole-42 drifting station conducted the first deep-sea oceanographic sounding of the Arctic Ocean water column. Water samples were obtained from different depths up to 3,200 meters, according to the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
Norilsk Nickel Opens Tourist Center in Taimyr
18 october 2024
The visitor center for tourists in the remote village of Ust-Avam in the Taimyr Peninsula consists of a main building, accommodation buildings, and two chums (raw-hide tents). The construction of tourist infrastructure facilities is part of a program to support indigenous minorities of the North that has been implemented by Norilsk Nickel in Taimyr since 2020.
Shipbuilders complete building hull of nuclear icebreaker Chukotka
18 october 2024
Engineers at the Baltic Plant have completed the build of the hull of the universal nuclear icebreaker Chukotka (Project 22220) and are preparing the vessel for launching, which is scheduled for the end of October.
Russian scientists to conduct simulations of natural explosions in the Arctic
17 october 2024
Russian scientists have developed an installation for modeling gas dynamic processes, which allows predicting natural explosions in the Arctic, osnmedia.ru informs.
Rosatom to build 5 container ships for the Northern Sea Route
16 october 2024
Rosatom intends to build 5 container ships of the high Arctic class Arc7, Vedomosti writes with reference to Sergey Chemko, project manager of the project office for Arctic development of the Rosatom State Corporation.
Russia and India to cooperate on shipbuilding for NSR
15 october 2024
Representatives of Russia and India discussed joint projects in Arctic shipbuilding in New Delhi during the first meeting of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) working group.
