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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
China’s biggest heavy-lift carrier sails into Kola Bay
08 november 2022
The 255 meter long ‘Xin Guang Hua’ has delivered a key industrial module for the LNG Construction Center in Belokamenka. Chinese construction yards continue cooperation with Russia in the Arctic, as per a media report.
Arctic today. A site for scrap recycling appears in the Norilsk industrial region
07 november 2022
Nornickel has opened a new site for scrap recycling. The site will become the destination for the delivery of all metal waste that will be collected during the dismantling of buildings, cleaning of territories, and other activities in the Clean Norilsk project.
What labor processes take place in the Arctic?
04 november 2022
The Expert Center of the Project Office for Arctic Development (PORA) is conducting a study on labor migration in the Arctic. This study will allow to learn a lot about trends in the development of job vacancies for residents of the northernmost regions of Russia.
Narwhals adapt to climate crisis by delaying migration
03 november 2022
Studies have discovered that Narwhals are adapting to climate crisis by delaying migration raises hopes that species may be able to survive global heating despite slower genetic evolution due to their long lifespan.
Scientists, with the support of WWF, to make road maps for the conservation of reindeer in the Russian Northwestern Federal District
02 november 2022
By the end of 2023, Russian scientists, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will form roadmaps for the conservation of the reindeer population in the European North, according to Oleg Sutkaitis, the fund's representative in the Barents Ecoregion, quoting by TASS on Wednesday.
Preservation of the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic to be discussed at the summit in Moscow
01 november 2022
The Summit of Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic on November 2 in Moscow is dedicated to discussing projects and initiatives to preserve their languages, cultural heritage and lifestyle, as well as issues of their socio-economic development.
Researcher on New Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Agreement: “Shows How Important the Cooperation Is for Both Parties”
31 october 2022
On Tuesday, it became known that Norway and Russia have agreed on next year's fisheries in the Barents Sea, despite the fact that the negotiations have taken place with the Ukraine war and with an increasingly more tense security situation as a backdrop. Geir Hønneland, one of Norway's leading researchers on Norwegian-Russian fisheries cooperation, shares his views on the new agreement with High North News. "The key here is that Norway and Russia have actually agreed on a quota agreement for 2023 and that they have set the total quotas according to the scientific recommendations. They have also stayed within the Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission's own negotiation framework on quota determination for the various fish stocks," says the senior researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) and continues: "None of them seems to have exploited the tense situation in order to put forward special demands or challenge the other party unnecessarily, like demanding total quotas that exceed the researcher's advice. Or at least, such demands have not come to fruition, and the parties have stayed loyal to the negotiation framework." That is striking in today's situation, Hønneland points out.
