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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
CEO changes in Almazy Anabar
31 may 2023
The company was headed by Alexei Okorokov following the departure of Pavel Marinychev.
Rosatom completes the disposal of spent nuclear fuel from submarines in the Arctic
31 may 2023
The project for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of nuclear submarine reactors in the Arctic zone, which started in the early 2000s, has reached the finish line, said the head of the Rosatom State Corporation Alexey Likhachev.
Norilsk Nickel as an employer retains leadership in the industry
30 may 2023
About 5.000 jobs were provided by Norilsk Nickel last year to residents of Norilsk and candidates from other regions of the country, sgnorilsk.ru reports. The company held job fairs in Talnakh, Kayerkan and in the cities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, concluded contracts on the organization of vocational training of unemployed citizens in professions in demand in the company.
Issues of preserving the Arctic ecology are discussed at the Nevsky Ecological Congress
29 may 2023
Within cleaning up the Arctic territories and eliminating the accumulated harm to the nature, it is necessary to actively introduce new environmentally friendly production technologies, increase interaction in this area between the state, the business community and public organizations, including environmental ones.
Norilsk Nickel presents five more apartments to orphans from among the indigenous peoples of Taimyr
29 may 2023
As part of the program to promote the socio-economic development of Taimyr, representatives of the Norilsk Nickel company handed over the keys to five apartments to orphans from among the indigenous peoples of the North, ttelegraf.ru reports. The program has been implemented since 2020 and is designed for five years.
Johnson Matthey to supply Hystar with membrane electrode assemblies for hydrogen production ramp-up
26 may 2023
UK specialist chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has signed a three-year strategic supply agreement with Norwegian hydrogen company Hystar to supply membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to Hystar's HyPilot project, in Norway, to ramp up renewable, or green, hydrogen production.
With the help of China, Russia can accelerate the development of the Arctic – expert
25 may 2023
Cooperation between Russia and China can accelerate the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation as a whole, believes Alexey Fadeev, Expert of the Arctic Development Project Office, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Higher School of Industrial Management at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
