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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
Gas-saturated water found in the Arctic
04 august 2023
When drilling ice mounds, the so-called blisters, on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic, scientists found fountains of carbonating brine. The discovery may expand fundamental knowledge about the behavior of water in the permafrost zone, scientificrussia.ru reports.
The US lags behind Russia in icebreaker production
03 august 2023
The United States lags behind Russia in the production of polar icebreakers that can overcome solid ice several feet thick, iz.ru reports.
The port of Murmansk may cease to be ice-free due to the "collapse" of the Gulf Stream
02 august 2023
The change in the course of vital ocean currents which scientists call the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is fraught with a number of catastrophic phenomena.
Chinese expedition to study sources of pollution in the Arctic
01 august 2023
An expedition of scientists from China arrived at the Hwang Station, which is located on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
Russian Foreign Ministry considers Norway's shelf mineral mining off Spitsbergen to be illegal
31 july 2023
Moscow regards Norway's attempts to extract mineral resources on the continental shelf in the area of the Svalbard archipelago as a violation of obligations under the 1920 treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Artificial intelligence learned to design port infrastructure for the Arctic
28 july 2023
Scientists of St. Petersburg ITMO University have taught artificial intelligence to design industrial and port infrastructure for the Arctic zone.
Arctic and Antarctic sea ice decline at a drastic rate
27 july 2023
Arctic sea ice continues to decline at a near-average pace, with ice extent twelfth lowest in the satellite record at this time. Antarctic sea ice by contrast is growing at far below-average rates and is at an unprecedently low level for this time of year relative to the 45-year data set.
