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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.
Lab-grown...
10 august 2026
Record summer temperatures registered in Canada's Northwest Territories
19 july 2023
Record-breaking heat sweeps communities in Northwest Territories, Canadian environmental agency reported.
Chinese scientists went on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean
18 july 2023
The Chinese scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean set off on the icebreaker "Xuelong-2" from Shanghai. The length of the route of the 13th expedition will be about 15.500 nautical miles. The vessel will return at the end of September this year, ru.arctic.ru reports.
A record temperature of +28.8 °C recorded in the Arctic
17 july 2023
A new record high temperature of +28.8 °C was recorded in the area of the Slettnes lighthouse, russian.rt.com reports with reference to Norwegian meteorologists.
Rosneft started scientific research at the Eastern Arctic continental shelf
14 july 2023
Rosneft launched a research expedition from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky port, the purpose of which is to obtain samples of continental shelf rocks from hard-to-reach and poorly studied regions of the Eastern Arctic.
Full-scale production of Arctic vehicles to start in the Urals in 2025
13 july 2023
The Ural Automobile Plant plans to start full-scale production of vehicles for Arctic conditions at the end of 2025, CEO of the company Pavel Yakovlev was quoted by TASS as saying at the Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg.
Four research ships to be built for the Arctic
12 july 2023
The Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation has begun construction of four ships of the 03182P project. They will be involved in complex oceanographic research in the Arctic.
Norilsk airport may start operating around the clock
11 july 2023
Norilsk Airport in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory plans to switch to a 24-hour work schedule, TASS quotes the city administration as saying in its strategy report.
