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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
Novatek preparing to ship the first batch of gas from Arctic LNG-2 project
29 january 2024
Novatek may begin shipping the first batch of liquefied natural gas from the first line of the Arctic LNG-2 project as early as February, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted by TASS as saying.
The amount of recoverable oil reserves in the Arctic increased by 13.4 million tons
26 january 2024
No new hydrocarbon deposits were discovered in the Arctic zone of Russia in 2023. At the same time, the recoverable reserves at existing fields increased by 13.4 million tons of oil and condensate and 60.6 billion cubic meters of gas, said Igor Shpurov, head of the State Commission on Reserves, to RIA Novosti.
New NSR projects to provide more than 200 mt of cargo per year in the next decade
25 january 2024
Alexey Chekunkov, Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, announced an increase in the volume of yearly cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the next decade.
Rosatom and DP World to build a container ship for the Northern Sea Route
24 january 2024
A joint venture between Rosatom and the Emirati company DP World plans to build a container ship for cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route, Vladimir Panov, Rosatom's special representative for Arctic development, told RIA Novosti.
Two more of the world's most powerful icebreakers to be built for the Arctic
23 january 2024
The Baltic shipyard will start working on another universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 on January 27, the Day of lifting the blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
Norilsk Nickel’s budget for social programs in the Polar branch exceeded 8 billion rubles
22 january 2024
The budget of Norilsk Nickel for social programs for the Polar branch alone amounted to more than 8 billion rubles in 2023, said Anastasia Perfilieva, Deputy director of the Polar Branch of the company for personnel and social policy.
An artistic and educational project to explore the Russian Arctic begins in Zaryadye Park in Moscow
19 january 2024
The large artistic and educational project “Explorer and Artist: Art on an Expedition” dedicated to the exploration of the Russian Arctic, starts on January 26 in Zaryadye Park in Moscow with the support of Norilsk Nickel.
