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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
Lapland warms quickly and irrevocably, posing risk to nature and livelihoods
03 october 2023
The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) warned on September 27, 2023 that the average annual temperature in Finnish Lapland may rise by many degrees within one generation, with a dramatic impact on nature and local livelihoods.
More LNG to be produced in Yamal
02 october 2023
In October, the State Duma of the Russian Federation will hold the 2nd and 3rd readings and then adopt a bill that encourages the creation of new production facilities for the liquefaction of natural gas in the Arctic, sever-press.ru reports.
Arctic sea ice surface sixth lowest on record - NASA
29 september 2023
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 19, 2023, making it the sixth-lowest year in the satellite record, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
Frost-resistant adhesive for the Arctic and the Far North created in Russia
28 september 2023
New cold-resistant adhesives that withstand temperatures of minus 60-70 ° C were synthesized by specialists of the Institute of Technical Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Norilsk Nickel to increase transportation along the Northern Sea Route in 2024 to 2.4 mn tons
27 september 2023
Norilsk Nickel plans to transport 2.0 - 2.1 million tons of products for its enterprises along the Northern Sea Route in 2023, and in 2024 Norilsk Nickel will increase transportation to 2.4 million tons.
India offered Russia to jointly build non-nuclear icebreakers
26 september 2023
India has offered Russia to jointly build non-nuclear icebreakers at Indian shipyards. The Ministry of Regional Development is studying this proposal, the head of the institution Alexey Chekunkov told RIA Novosti.
The Standard of Responsibility of Resident Companies of the Arctic Zone to the Indigenous Minorities of the North may become a law
25 september 2023
Three years after the launch of the preferential regime of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), the number of the Arctic’s resident companies exceeded 650 and keeps on growing. Today, due to the AZRF regime and establishing two Advanced Development Zones (ADZs) in the Murmansk Region and Chukotka, about 730 investment projects are under implementation.
