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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
The strength of foundations on permafrost to decrease by 20-33% by 2059 – expert
28 august 2023
The strength of foundations on permafrost will decrease by 20-33% by 2059. This forecast was announced by Omar Baddur, the expert of the UN World Meteorological Organization.
Rosatom reports on the final stage of testing of the Yakutia nuclear icebreaker
25 august 2023
Sea trials of the nuclear icebreaker Yakutia (project 22220) are in the final stage. This was announced by the Science Advisor of JSC Rusatom Overseas (part of Rosatom) Semyon Musher.
The majority of oversized cargo transportation to be carried out in the Arctic
24 august 2023
A significant share of operations for the transportation of oversized (project) cargo will be concentrated in the Arctic in the coming years, said Alexey Milovantsev, the technical director of LLC Northern Alliance which takes up contracts on oversized cargo transportation.
Floating Arctic University completed its longest expedition
23 august 2023
The second and longest expedition of the Floating Arctic University has ended, during which 17 specialists from ten scientific institutions and organizations explored seven Arctic islands for 43 days.
France and Japan have not stopped financing the Russian Arctic LNG-2 project
22 august 2023
None of the foreign partners are bailing from Novatek's Russian Arctic LNG-2 gas liquefaction project. The project is going according to plan, according to the financial director of the Chinese national oil and gas company CNOOC Xi Weizhi, dp.ru reported.
Norilsk Nickel opened a new season of the Conquerors of the North online academy
21 august 2023
Over the previous eight years that the online academy "Conquerors of the North" has existed, more than seven thousand participants have mastered the course.
U.S. icebreaker on a mission to capture images for AI study
18 august 2023
The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has embarked on a voyage across the North Pole during which it will capture images of the Arctic to support the study of this rapidly changing region. Researchers from Lincoln Laboratory installed a camera system onboard the Healy in Seattle.
