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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
Russian scientists investigated the "desert" in the Arctic
10 november 2023
The study of the "desert" in the Arctic was conducted by scientists of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who completed an expedition to the Tersk coast of the White Sea.
US nudges allies to sanction Arctic LNG-2 project
09 november 2023
U.S. administration is working with its allies to persuade them to impose sanctions against Russia's new liquefied natural project Arctic LNG-2. The country has announced its own sanctions against it last week.
Russian and Chinese scientists discussed cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic
08 november 2023
A delegation of scientists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute discussed joint research plans during a visit to China, the press service of the university reports.
Finnish icebreaking fleet face harsher conditions due to climate change
07 november 2023
Finland, a country that relies on shipping for around 90% of its commodity exports and 80% of its imports, may face challenges in winter as it becomes harder for its icebreaking fleet to operate in temperature extremes caused by the climate change.
Russia developed a marine drone to explore the Arctic
06 november 2023
The Arkhangelsk scientific and educational center "Russian Arctic" has developed a marine drone. It is planned to be used for various studies in the Arctic, said the scientific director of the center, Deputy first vice-rector for Promising Projects of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University Marat Yeseev.
Scientists continue to gather content for the Arctic Multilingual Portal
03 november 2023
For the second year, the staff of the UNESCO Department of the North-Eastern Federal University of Yakutia go on expeditions to places of indigenous peoples' of the Far North habitation, and collect materials for the Arctic multilingual portal at arctic-megapedia.com.
Gazprom Nedra completed the drilling season in the Arctic
02 november 2023
Gazprom Nedra has completed the construction of a prospecting and evaluation gas well in the Kara Sea using a self-lifting drilling rig "Arctic". As a result of testing, an industrial gas inflow corresponding to the planned indicators was obtained from productive formations.
