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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
Artificial intelligence learned to design port infrastructure for the Arctic
28 july 2023
Scientists of St. Petersburg ITMO University have taught artificial intelligence to design industrial and port infrastructure for the Arctic zone.
Arctic and Antarctic sea ice decline at a drastic rate
27 july 2023
Arctic sea ice continues to decline at a near-average pace, with ice extent twelfth lowest in the satellite record at this time. Antarctic sea ice by contrast is growing at far below-average rates and is at an unprecedently low level for this time of year relative to the 45-year data set.
New unique diamond unearthed by AGD DIAMONDS
26 july 2023
AGD DIAMONDS JSC mined a gem-quality diamond weighing 56.27 carats at its Grib deposit in Archangelsk. This is the sixth sizeable diamond (+50 carats) unearthed by the company in 2023, and the 42nd among the largest diamonds mined at the V. Grib deposit since the beginning of industrial mining.
China's Xuelong-2 icebreaker enters Arctic Circle for scientific expedition
25 july 2023
China's first domestically built polar icebreaker, Xuelong-2, has entered the Arctic Circle and is about to begin scientific expedition. CGTN reported.
Indigenous peoples of Yamal will help scientists investigate the climate and quality of life in the Arctic
24 july 2023
Scientists from Tomsk State University (TSU), together with the indigenous peoples of the North of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region (YNAO), will study the impact of climate change on the quality of life in the Arctic.
The shipment of the first LNG line for the Arctic LNG 2 plant launched
21 july 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched the shipment along the Northern Sea Route of the first technological gas liquefaction line on gravity–type bases for Arctic LNG - 2 to the place of operation on the Gydan Peninsula.
Chinese researchers use spatiotemporal scales to measure Arctic ice melting
20 july 2023
A research team from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the mechanism of Arctic sea ice changes at different spatiotemporal scales through the analysis of satellite and reanalysis data.
