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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
Mine Storage and Anglesey Mining to investigate potential for energy storage at the Grängesberg mine
28 march 2023
Mine Storage has entered into an agreement with the British mining company, Anglesey Mining Plc, together with its 49.75% owned subsidiary Grängesberg Iron AB, to investigate conceptual plans and designs for a pumped hydro-energy storage project at the Grängesberg Mine.
Chinese investor bought half of the Power of Yakutia company
27 march 2023
Chinese citizen Li Duan became the co-owner of the Power of Yakutia LLC, which planned to implement the construction of a thermal power plant and power transmission line for almost 870 billion rubles for export to China, INTERFAX.RU reported. Previously, Alexey Kravchenko, a businessman from St. Petersburg, was the owner of 100% of the shares. Now the company belongs to him and Duan on a parity basis.
Design of a new flagship vessel of the Russian polar science
24 march 2023
Roshydromet and JSC Admiralty Shipyards signed a contract for the construction of a new vessel "Ivan Frolov", which will be part of the fleet of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources reported.
Arctic sea ice thins drastically; set to continue in the future
23 march 2023
A new study says that climate change has recently attacked crucial Arctic sea ice thickness in two sudden big hits instead of steady nibbling. According to the study, about 15 years ago, sea ice quickly lost more than half its thickness and became weaker... more prone to melting and less likely to recover. This emphasizes the importance of two big 'regime shifts' that changed the complexion of the Arctic, says the study.
The probable damage from the degradation of permafrost by 2050 will amount to at least 5 trillion rubles
22 march 2023
Representatives of the scientific community from 12 countries will take part in a scientific and practical conference on climate change and permafrost melting, which will be held on March 22-24 in Yakutsk, goarctic.ru reports.
Norilsk Nickel completed accepting applications for the World of Taimyr competition
21 march 2023
Norilsk Nickel has completed accepting applications for the World of Taimyr competition, the company's press service reported. The event is designed to support local initiatives and create conditions for the sustainable development of the territories of traditional residence of the indigenous peoples of Taimyr.
Russia conducts research into the depths of the Arctic Ocean
20 march 2023
Scientists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANI), drifting as part of the expedition "North Pole-41" in the Arctic Ocean, take soil samples for reconstructions of climate changes in the high-latitude Arctic over the past few thousand years.
