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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
South African mining veteran to reopen Canada fluorspar mine
16 june 2023
The insolvent St Lawrence fluorspar mine, in Newfoundland, has a new owner and could reopen before the end of the year.
Champion resumes railway services after Quebec fires
15 june 2023
ASX- and TSX-listed Champion Iron has resumed railway services from its Bloom Lake mine, in Quebec, to the port of Sept-Îles.
A new scientific supership for polar research to be built in Russia
14 june 2023
A new unique scientific expedition vessel to be built in Russia to conduct research in the Arctic region. Participants of dozens of scientific projects exploring the ocean floor, the atmosphere or even space will be able to work on board at the same time, goarctic.ru reports.
Torngat Metals engages Metso for pilot scale processing in Canada
13 june 2023
Torngat Metals Ltd. and Metso have signed a contract for large-volume pilot scale processing of ore.
Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining
12 june 2023
Norway’s government is gearing up to establish itself as a frontrunner in deep-sea mining, with plans to open an oceanic area nearly the size of Germany to extract essential battery metals from its sea floor.
Polyus Krasnoyarsk to increase capacity of Blagodatnoye Mine to 13 million tons
09 june 2023
Polyus Krasnoyarsk received a positive opinion from the Glavgosexpertiza (Russian body responsible for the state examination of design documentation for large and complex facilities) on the project for the reconstruction of the Blagodatny open pit in the Severo-Yeniseisky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
SRC manufactures solvent extraction cell technology for rare earth processing
08 june 2023
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) has successfully designed and manufactured proprietary commercial-scale solvent extraction cells for its under construction Rare Earth Processing Facility.
