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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
“A ‘frozen’ geopolitical issue”: Svalbard and the geopolitics of Arctic mining
13 april 2023
Russia has had a presence on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard since 1920, but as military tensions rise, the cluster of islands is growing in significance for the mining sector. Florence Jones investigates.
Record low levels of sea ice recorded in Antarctica
12 april 2023
The minimum ice cover in the Southern Ocean has been observed for the second year in a row. The indicators of February 2023 were the lowest in the last 44 years, the press service of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANI) reported.
Export of drinking water can bring more revenue to the Russian budget than oil - experts
11 april 2023
The export of drinking water in the future 25 years may bring the Russian budget a higher income than oil exports, according to the report prepared by Roscongress experts "Tip of the iceberg: real prospects for the Arctic economy."
Russian oceanologists found out what takes heat from the Arctic seas
10 april 2023
Scientists of St. Petersburg State University found out that oceanic vortices take more than 60% of warm water, which is carried by currents into the Arctic seas - Norwegian and Greenland.
Hochschild Mining walks away from Canadian gold project
07 april 2023
Hochschild Mining (LON: HOC) has informed Skeena Resources (NYSE: SKE) (TSX: SKE) that it is ending its option to earn in a 60% interest in the Canadian miner’s Snip gold project, located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia.
Rosatom ready to receive data from Chinese satellites on shipping on the Northern Sea Route
06 april 2023
Rosatom State Corporation is considering the possibility of creating a ground infrastructure for receiving data on navigation on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Chinese satellites. For the development of year-round safe navigation along the Northern Sea Route, it is necessary to increase the number of sources of information that will improve the accuracy of forecasts of the ice situation.
Scientists find out the quality of snow feeding the Kara Sea
05 april 2023
The results of the study of the chemical composition of snow entering the flood in the river flow of the Ob River flowing into the Kara Sea became known, goarctic.ru writes. To collect samples, which was carried out from Barnaul to Salekhard, scientists made a 2,800-kilometer route. They published their findings in the Chemical Geology magazine.
