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Diamond market crash is Africa’s opportunity, not its crisis – M'zée Fula Ngenge
Global natural diamond supply is forecast to fall below 95 million carats this year, the lowest since 1987. For Dr. M'zée Fula Ngenge, chairperson of the African Diamond Council (ADC), this is not a death knell but a clarion call. In an exclusive...
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Tracr passes 5 million rough diamonds milestone as De Beers expands provenance push
De Beers Group's blockchain-enabled traceability platform Tracr reached a significant milestone in 2025, with more than 5 million rough diamonds individually scanned and registered, up from 2.8 million cumulative registrations reported in 2024. The...
28 september 2026
South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026
South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) has confirmed the country's participation in Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong (JGW) 2026 through a partnership with BRINKS. SDT marketing and communication manager Tsholofelo Gopolang Tselapedi...
14 september 2026
David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle
In this interview with Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa, PhotoScribe Technologies president and chief executive David Benderly explains how PermaScribe differs technically from conventional laser inscription, its potential to strengthen security, and...
31 august 2026
The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds
The natural diamond industry is in the throes of its most profound reset in a generation. Supply is plunging to its lowest level since 1987 and De Beers—once valued at over $9 billion—is reportedly being sold for as little as $1 billion.
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10 august 2026
Gazprom Neft launched 3D printing at an oilfield in the Arctic
07 june 2024
he company clarified that in case of equipment breakdown or wear, it takes several hours or days from the start of printing a replacement part to its installation.
Six airfields to be upgraded in the Arctic
05 june 2024
The head of the Ministry of Regional Development Alexey Chekunkov announced plans to modernize six airfields in the Far Eastern Federal District and the Arctic zone with the help of a public-private partnership. This involves working with private investors.
Geologists went on an expedition to the Barents Sea from Arkhangelsk
04 june 2024
According to the head of the expedition, Evgeny Gusev, the purpose of the research is to map the outcrops to the surface of the seabed of the upper horizons of the sedimentary cover of Mesozoic age. This will make it possible to clarify the geological maps of the Arctic shelf.
In the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation more than 66,000 workers required in 2024
04 june 2024
According to the study, the Murmansk Region (21,000), Yamalo-Nenets District (18,000), Arkhangelsk Region (14,000) are experiencing the greatest shortage of personnel in 2024.
Russia building new border ships to guard the border in the Arctic
03 june 2024
New border ships are being built in Russia to solve a wide range of tasks related to the protection of the state border in the Arctic, Army General Vladimir Kulishov, First Deputy Director and head of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Year-round navigation in eastern part of Northern Sea Route to begin in 2024
31 may 2024
Year-round navigation in the eastern sector of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) will begin before the end of 2024, said Gadzhimagomed Huseynov, First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.
Japan interested in the Arctic LNG-2 project
30 may 2024
Japan is interested in further supplies of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), said Dmitry Birichevsky, Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
