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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
New unique diamond unearthed by AGD DIAMONDS
26 july 2023
AGD DIAMONDS JSC mined a gem-quality diamond weighing 56.27 carats at its Grib deposit in Archangelsk. This is the sixth sizeable diamond (+50 carats) unearthed by the company in 2023, and the 42nd among the largest diamonds mined at the V. Grib deposit since the beginning of industrial mining.
China's Xuelong-2 icebreaker enters Arctic Circle for scientific expedition
25 july 2023
China's first domestically built polar icebreaker, Xuelong-2, has entered the Arctic Circle and is about to begin scientific expedition. CGTN reported.
Indigenous peoples of Yamal will help scientists investigate the climate and quality of life in the Arctic
24 july 2023
Scientists from Tomsk State University (TSU), together with the indigenous peoples of the North of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region (YNAO), will study the impact of climate change on the quality of life in the Arctic.
The shipment of the first LNG line for the Arctic LNG 2 plant launched
21 july 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched the shipment along the Northern Sea Route of the first technological gas liquefaction line on gravity–type bases for Arctic LNG - 2 to the place of operation on the Gydan Peninsula.
Chinese researchers use spatiotemporal scales to measure Arctic ice melting
20 july 2023
A research team from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the mechanism of Arctic sea ice changes at different spatiotemporal scales through the analysis of satellite and reanalysis data.
Record summer temperatures registered in Canada's Northwest Territories
19 july 2023
Record-breaking heat sweeps communities in Northwest Territories, Canadian environmental agency reported.
Chinese scientists went on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean
18 july 2023
The Chinese scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean set off on the icebreaker "Xuelong-2" from Shanghai. The length of the route of the 13th expedition will be about 15.500 nautical miles. The vessel will return at the end of September this year, ru.arctic.ru reports.
