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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
Master plan to establish Norilsk-Dudinka urban agglomeration underway
05 february 2024
The government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory reported that, following the results of an open competition, the master plan to establish the Norilsk-Dudinka urban agglomeration will be developed by the Urbanika Institute of Territorial Planning from St. Petersburg.
Speculation about a new pandemic due to thawing of permafrost in Russia unfounded - scientist
02 february 2024
Speculation about a possibility of a new pandemic due to the release of viruses in the permafrost zone in Siberia are unfounded, and the probability of a new global virus is much higher to arise from viruses that circulate among animals, TASS quoted an Epidemiology institute representative as saying.
Belarus interested in the development of the Northern Sea Route
01 february 2024
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the republic is interested in a speedy development of the Northern Sea Route and its use for export purposes.
Cargo transportation along the NSR to grow every year - Rosatom
31 january 2024
Special representative of the Rosatom state corporation Vladimir Panov said that the volume of cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) will set records every year.
Oil and gas in the Arctic to be transported by underwater tankers
30 january 2024
In future, underwater tankers and bulk carriers will be used to transport goods in the Arctic, said Alexander Yulin, the head of the laboratory of long-term ice forecasts and ice regime of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Russia.
Novatek preparing to ship the first batch of gas from Arctic LNG-2 project
29 january 2024
Novatek may begin shipping the first batch of liquefied natural gas from the first line of the Arctic LNG-2 project as early as February, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted by TASS as saying.
The amount of recoverable oil reserves in the Arctic increased by 13.4 million tons
26 january 2024
No new hydrocarbon deposits were discovered in the Arctic zone of Russia in 2023. At the same time, the recoverable reserves at existing fields increased by 13.4 million tons of oil and condensate and 60.6 billion cubic meters of gas, said Igor Shpurov, head of the State Commission on Reserves, to RIA Novosti.
