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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
Polyus Krasnoyarsk to increase capacity of Blagodatnoye Mine to 13 million tons
09 june 2023
Polyus Krasnoyarsk received a positive opinion from the Glavgosexpertiza (Russian body responsible for the state examination of design documentation for large and complex facilities) on the project for the reconstruction of the Blagodatny open pit in the Severo-Yeniseisky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
SRC manufactures solvent extraction cell technology for rare earth processing
08 june 2023
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) has successfully designed and manufactured proprietary commercial-scale solvent extraction cells for its under construction Rare Earth Processing Facility.
JV Article: Siemens provides process tech to global market from Ontario plant
07 june 2023
Siemens Canada, part of a globally connected network, is now able to supply all its process instrumentation technologies to the global market from its factory located in Peterborough, Ont., Canada.
An alternative to American turbines for Arctic LNG-2
06 june 2023
Novatek has solved the problem of replacing American-made gas turbines for its Arctic LNG-2 project in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, the supply of which was blocked due to anti-Russian sanctions. Comparable analogues in terms of parameters can be provided by the Chinese company Harbin Guanghan Gas Turbine, part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Company.
Norilsk Nickel prepares to create permafrost polygons
05 june 2023
Route studies will begin in July. Geocryologists, including permafrost specialists from Lomonosov Moscow State University, will come to Norilsk. They will have to study the territories and choose the best places for the construction of such polygons, ttelegraf.ru reports.
Swedish Auriant posts loss of $8.4 million in the first quarter
02 june 2023
At the same time, the company switched to settlements in Russian rubles.
Probe Gold’s Novador may hold 6M oz., Quebec project’s assays indicate
01 june 2023
Probe Gold’s (TSXV: PRB) latest assays from its Novador gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region lengthen the strike, likely increase the resource and make it an acquisition target.
