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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
Business house project and Arctic startup beyond the Arctic Circle
25 august 2022
The Business House project for young entrepreneurs under 25 is to be launched from late September. The organizer is Monchegorsk Development Agency, according to NIA-Krasnoyarsk.
The production of metals can be packed into a tourist product
24 august 2022
A two-day workshop on the development of industrial tourism was held at the Norilsk Development Agency (ARN). Its participants were representatives of 17 enterprises interested in organizing industrial excursions, as well as guides and heads of tour operators of the tourist and recreational cluster "Arctic".
Scientists urged to come to terms with climate change
23 august 2022
More than a thousand scientists and specialists from all over the world signed the "World Climate Declaration", declaring the senselessness of combating climate change, yamal-media.ru reported. Experts believe that the current climate situation does not represent any emergency, and the impact of human activity on global warming is exaggerated.
Most of the projects under the Arctic benefits system related to tourism and services
22 august 2022
Within the framework of preferential regimes created in the Arctic, 500 residents are already working, most of them represent small businesses. The leaders in terms of the number of projects being implemented are enterprises of the tourist complex and the service sector. Such data was announced by Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.
Chairman of the Public Council at Roshydromet Vadim Petrov: Every volunteer is a future specialist for the Arctic
19 august 2022
Speaking at a thematic session of the “Arctic. The ice has broken” Forum in Usinsk, Komi Republic, Russia, Vadim Petrov, Chairman of the Public Association at the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, told the audience about what can help society adapt to climate change and what role volunteers play for the Arctic regions.
Scientists scrambling to figure out why Western Alaska chum and chinook stocks are crashing
19 august 2022
Scientists have been scrambling to figure out why Western Alaska chum and chinook stocks are crashing. They’re starting to hone in on one primary cause for the chum collapse: recent marine heatwaves in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, alaskapublic.org writes.
The cargo turnover of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port increased by almost 40% in the first 7 months of the year
18 august 2022
In the first seven months of 2022, the total cargo turnover of the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port amounted to 181,000 tons. Compared to the same period last year, it increased by 39.9% (in 2021 – 51,600 tons).
