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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...
12 october 2026
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
India offered Russia to jointly build non-nuclear icebreakers
26 september 2023
India has offered Russia to jointly build non-nuclear icebreakers at Indian shipyards. The Ministry of Regional Development is studying this proposal, the head of the institution Alexey Chekunkov told RIA Novosti.
The Standard of Responsibility of Resident Companies of the Arctic Zone to the Indigenous Minorities of the North may become a law
25 september 2023
Three years after the launch of the preferential regime of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), the number of the Arctic’s resident companies exceeded 650 and keeps on growing. Today, due to the AZRF regime and establishing two Advanced Development Zones (ADZs) in the Murmansk Region and Chukotka, about 730 investment projects are under implementation.
A new scientific vessel to be built in St. Petersburg to work in the Arctic
22 september 2023
In December Admiralty shipyards will begin to build a vessel to work in the Arctic, the press service of the shipyard reports.
Russia and China preparing a cooperation agreement on a hydrogen power plant
21 september 2023
Russia and China are planning to sign a cooperation agreement on Snowflake, the Arctic station powered by hydrogen energy, the Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Nikolai Korchunov told RIA Novosti.
Russia leaves the Barents Euro-Arctic Council
20 september 2023
Russia has made a decision to leave the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Villages in the Murmansk Region may receive grants from Norilsk Nickel
19 september 2023
Socially significant projects in the villages of Lovozero and Krasnoshchelye in the Murmansk Region will be able to receive grants in the social project competition of Norilsk Nickel’s charitable program “World of New Opportunities.”
Indian sailors to study navigation in Arctic waters in Russia
18 september 2023
India and Russia have agreed to train Indian sailors for navigation in Arctic waters at the Admiral Nevelsky Maritime State University. This, according to TASS, was reported by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India.
