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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
St. Petersburg forum will discuss teaching of the Enets language
20 october 2022
Yesterday, St. Petersburg gave a start to the All-Russian Forum “Preservation and Development of the Native Languages of the Indigenous Peoples of Taimyr. 90 years of Practice" held at the Institute of the Peoples of the North, which is part of the A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University. It was organized by the administration of the Taimyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky municipal district with the participation of the regional education department, the Taimyr House of Folk Art, the Taimyr Local Foundation for the Promotion of Science, Culture, Education and Sports "Krasnoyarsk Arctic" (St. Petersburg). Within the frames of this Forum, its organizers held the Day of Languages and Folklore of the Samoyed Peoples on October 19 dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Kazimir Labanauskas, linguist, folklorist, and ethnographer. Tatyana Druppova, Deputy Head of Taymyr, delivered a welcoming speech at the plenary session. On October 20, specialists from the Taimyr House of Folk Art, in cooperation with the Institute of the Peoples of the North, will hold the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Entsy. Nganasany. Nenets. National-Cultural Identity”. The Forum will end this Friday, October 21, with the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Taimyr Creative", which will set a new vector for the development of ethnic education through the prism of the development of creative industries and ethnic tourism in the Russian Arctic.
China: "Will not acknowledge Arctic Council without Russia"
19 october 2022
Special Envoy to the Arctic for China, Feng Gao, says China will not support Norway's chairmanship of the Arctic Council if Russia is still banned.
The State Department assessed the possibility of the Arctic Council working without Russia
19 october 2022
The Arctic Council, of which Russia is a member, is capable of continuing the implementation of the vast majority of its projects without Moscow's participation, US State Department Adviser Derek Scholle said.
The International Arctic Forum to bring together more than 400 speakers in St. Petersburg
18 october 2022
The International Forum "Arctic: Present and Future" on December 8-9 in St. Petersburg will bring together more than 400 specialized speakers within 54 thematic sessions. The main topics will be the state policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic and the development of human capital in the region, the press service of the interregional Association of Polar Explorers told TASS.
Nunavut diamond mine proposal draws concerns for wildlife, environment
17 october 2022
Concern for caribou and polar bear populations is prominent in the responses from governments and northern organizations to De Beers Canada’s proposal for its Chidliak diamond mine project. De Beers submitted its project proposal to the Nunavut Impact Review Board on Sept. 7. The mine will be located off the Hall Peninsula, about 120 kilometers from Iqaluit. The responses also expressed concern for the mine’s impact on Inuit harvesting lands as well as on wildlife in the area. De Beers spokesperson Terry Kruger told Nunatsiaq News the company understands its responsibility to ensure no harm comes to land, water and wildlife.
Rosatom to help Novatek to reduce its carbon footprint in the Arctic
14 october 2022
Rosatom State Corporation and PJSC Novatek will cooperate in the field of decarbonization and development of wind energy in the Arctic. The corresponding memorandum was signed on the first day of the Russian Energy Week by Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Novatek Chairman of the Management Board Leonid Mikhelson
PORA creates an ethnological map of the Barents Region
13 october 2022
The Board Chairman of Project Office for Arctic Development (POAD) spoke about the new initiative of the Project Office at the forum "Public-Private Partnership in the Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples", which was held in Murmansk. It is more correct due to ethnological expertise to talk about the concept of sustainable life support or social impact assessment than about the concept of sustainable development, which supposedly implies some kind of initial “underdevelopment,” says Dmitry Funk, director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He drew attention to the constant monitoring of the territory, the simplest way of which is to survey residents: such data cover a period of 60 years in the United States, the expert noted.
