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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
A scientist from Yale University assessed the potential of the Northern Sea Route
23 october 2023
The construction of the Northern Sea Route, thanks to global warming and the widespread development of technology, is becoming more and more economically beneficial. This opinion was expressed by a visiting scientist at Yale University in the USA, Bian Yongzu.
Norilsk Nickel handed over two 40-foot refrigerators to ancestral community
20 october 2023
The Norilsk Nickel Company handed over two 40-foot refrigerated containers to the Kumak Kytyl (Sandy Beach) family and ancestral community for free. They are used for storage and transportation of fish and deer meat.
A satellite communication station to appear in Norilsk
19 october 2023
Three Russian cities – Norilsk, Murmansk and Anadyr – will become territories where base ground stations for the Skif satellite system of the federal Sphere project will be located.
Nornickel inaugurates first natural gas filling station in Norilsk
18 october 2023
Nornickel opened the first methane filling station in Norilsk. It will operate in test mode for a year, and then it will service heavy machinery and Norilsk city transport.
A new Russian drug based on Omega-3 to be tested in the Arctic
17 october 2023
Scientists want to investigate the effect of an increased concentration of substances on the body of residents of the Far North.
Arctic ice area decreased by 27% after summer melting
16 october 2023
In the first half of the summer period of 2023, the ice cover in the Arctic melted and collapsed quite slowly, but since August, the processes of ice disintegration has been going much faster.
Researchers discovered an unknown fjord in the Arctic
13 october 2023
Researchers of the Northern Fleet and the Russian Geographical Society have discovered an unknown fjord in the northern part of the Kara Sea - near Ushakov Island, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.
