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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
The modernization of the largest wind farm in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
28 october 2022
The modernization of the largest wind farm in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation has been completed in Chukotka, RusCable.ru writes with reference to the telegram channel of the head of the region Roman Kopin.
The Kola wind farm will be put into operation in January 2023
27 october 2022
The Kola Wind Farm, which is the largest wind farm beyond the Arctic Circle in Russia, will begin operation in January 2023, said Oleg Kosmenyuk, Deputy General Director - Director of Generation at PJSC Enel Russia.
Cargo traffic on NSR to exceed forecast and to reach 33.8 million tonnes this year
26 october 2022
Cargo shippers will achieve the target of cargo transportation by the Northern Sea Route set for 2022. The planned result of 31–32 million tonnes is expected to be exceeded and to reach 33.8 million tonnes.
Magmatic rock body containing strategic metals found on Kola Peninsula
25 october 2022
Scientists have discovered a dike in the Kovdorsky district - a magmatic rock body, which is a deep substance of the Earth's mantle frozen in the earth's crust, the press service of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia reports. Dike minerals contain high concentrations of rare strategic metals, which exceed similar concentrations in super-large rare-metal deposits. The study makes it possible to evaluate the concentration process of rare elements at the latest stages of alkaline magmas.
Main Directorate of NSR warns about lack of icebreakers
25 october 2022
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) may lack icebreakers, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Vladimir Arutyunyan, Head of Marine Operations Headquarters at Glavsevmorput (Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route), as saying at the 10th International Forum “Arctic Projects - Today and Tomorrow”.
“The third nuclear-powered icebreaker, Ural, will start operating this year. It has been practically chartered for Vostok Oil. Construction of two more icebreakers is to be completed in 2024 and 2026. They will immediately go to the regions where they are highly needed. We are short of icebreakers,” said the speaker.
Under an agreement with FSUE Rosmorport, the fleet of icebreakers operating on the NSR can be expanded with I/B Kapitan Dranitsyn, I/B Krasin, I/B Admiral Makarov and others.
The Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route FSBI has been operating as a part of Rosatom from 1 August 2022 under the Decree of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
In accordance with Presidential Decree of 2018, the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM performs the functions of a single infrastructure operator for the development of the Northern Sea Route. The company operates the world’s only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.
The Northern Sea Route is a single transport system in the Russian Arctic sector. It stretches along the northern coasts of Russia across the seas of the Arctic Ocean (Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi seas). The route links the European ports of Russia with the mouths of navigable rivers in Siberia and the Far East. In August 2022, a plan for the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) until 2035 was approved. The plan includes over 150 activities with total financing nearing RUB 1.8 trillion.
Cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic is exclusively peaceful – Russian Ambassador
24 october 2022
Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council Nikolai Korchunov, in an interview with RIA Novosti, spoke about cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic, assessed NATO's policy in the region, provided data on the volume of cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route, and also answered the question whether the melting of ice could affect the law of the Russian Federation for special regulation of navigation in this zone.
Rosatom announced the construction of six icebreakers by 2030 to ensure the Northern Sea Route
21 october 2022
The fifth and sixth icebreakers of the 22220 series and four non-nuclear icebreakers are planned to be built by 2030 to ensure safe navigation of vessels along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This was reported to TASS by the special representative of Rosatom for the development of the Arctic, Vladimir Panov.
