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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 engineers create a robot to monitor inner surfaces of pipes in the Arctic
01 november 2023
The Scientific and Educational Center "Russian Arctic" in Arkhangelsk has developed a robot for measuring the internal diameters of pipes and monitoring the condition of their surfaces, TASS quoted Marat Yeseev, a scientific director of the center and a Deputy First Vice-rector for Promising Projects of the Northern Arctic Federal University, as saying.
A permafrost map with a 50-year forecast to be created by Yamal scientists
31 october 2023
The Scientific Center for the Study of the Arctic will create a dynamically changeable map of the state of permafrost on the territory of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the press service of the governor of the region reports.
Arctic LNG-2 project's third production line construction is underway
30 october 2023
Construction of the third production line of the Arctic LNG-2 project has begun in the Murmansk Region, according to the governor of the region Andrey Chibis.
Researchers made digital recordings of the speech of Arctic residents
27 october 2023
Researchers recorded live speech of representatives of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Far North on digital media.
Rosatom and DP World set up JV to transport containers along the Northern Sea Route
26 october 2023
Rosatom State Corporation and DP World, one of the largest port operators in the world owned by the UAE government, have created a joint venture to develop transit container traffic along the Northern Sea Route, pro-arctic.ru reports.
The State Duma allowed the export of LNG from the Arctic
25 october 2023
Developers of natural resource deposits whose operations are fully or partially located north of the 67th degree of north latitude, have been granted the exclusive right to export liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Project 10510 icebreaker "Leader" to be built within schedule
24 october 2023
No changes in the production dates of the icebreakers Project 22220 "Arctic" and Project 10510 "Leader" are expected, as reported by TASS citing Vladimir Aptekarev, Deputy General Director for Shipbuilding, Floating Energy and Marine Technology of JSC Atomenergomash.
