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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
Atomflot moves forward with building heavy-duty icebreaker Rossiya according to plan
11 december 2023
The heavy-duty nuclear icebreaker Rossiya is being built according to schedule, there are currently no deviations from it, according to Leonid Irlitsa, Director General of FSUE Atomflot.
The Northern Fleet discovered 14 new islands in the Arctic
08 december 2023
Over the past decade, the Northern Fleet has discovered and described more than 40 new geographical objects in the Arctic, including 14 islands and 4 islets, 15 capes, 3 straits and 5 bays in the Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya archipelagos.
Russia abolishes border control in the Arctic and the Far Eastern Federal District for Russian cruise ships
07 december 2023
The State Duma of the Russian Federation has abolished the border control for Russian cruise ships in ports located in the areas of internal sea waters and the territorial sea of the Russian Federation in the Arctic zone and the Far Eastern Federal District.
Arctic LNG-2 included in the Forbes list of largest investor companies in Russia
06 december 2023
The Arctic LNG-2 company, a project of Novatek for the extraction and production of liquefied natural gas at the Gydan Peninsula, entered the Forbes list of top 30 investor companies in Russia.
Canada and Greenland to cooperate on Arctic marine conservation
05 december 2023
Canada and Greenland signed a letter of intent on conserving a marine area between the territories of the two countries.
New types of Russian equipment to be tested in the extreme conditions of Yamal
04 december 2023
The latest Arhant-N snowmobiles will be tested in Yamal, the Department of Transport and Road Management of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District reported.
Norway trying to restart the work of the Arctic Council – Ambassador
01 december 2023
The negative rhetoric regarding the Russian presence in the Arctic region has subsided, because there is an understanding that it is very difficult to develop multilateral cooperation without Russia, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Nikolai Korchunov said.
