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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
Russia's Atomflot increased the volume of cargo transportation during the winter-spring navigation
06 july 2023
Atomflot, a subsidiary of the State Corporation Rosatom, which operates nuclear icebreakers in the Arctic, published its preliminary results of the winter-spring season and announced an increase in the volume of cargo transportation.
ESA's Arctic weather monitoring satellite project progressing
05 july 2023
The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) project under development of the European Space Agency (ESA) has passed the critical design review, a key step to start the manufacturing of the satellite ahead of planned launch in 2024.
Frequency of heavy rain in Northern hemisphere may increase by 15% due to global warming - scientists
04 july 2023
Climatologists from the United States found that each increase in average temperatures by one degree Celsius raises the frequency of heavy rains in the mountains of the Northern hemisphere by about 15%, as reported by the Lawrence National Laboratory.
The development of the Arctic fleet to be discussed at the NEVA 2023 exhibition in St. Petersburg
03 july 2023
The 17th International Exhibition on civil shipbuilding, shipping, port activities and ocean and shelf development "NEVA 2023" will be held on September 18-21, 2023 in St. Petersburg.
Roshydromet to monitor the state of permafrost
30 june 2023
The State Duma of the Russian Federation in the third and final reading adopted a law on the establishment of state monitoring of the state of permafrost.
Yamal gas transported for the first time along the Northern Sea Route to Asia
29 june 2023
The first tanker with Yamal liquefied natural gas in 2023, accompanied by the icebreakers “Arctic” and “Siberia”, passed to Asia along the Northern Sea Route (NSR).
Canada moves its Arctic center from Norway to Ottawa
28 june 2023
Canadian foreign ministry decided to shut down its Arctic center in Oslo and move it to home territory, National Post reported.
