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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
Expert: Local population and bloggers need to be involved to promote tourism in the Arctic
08 august 2022
Andrey Suleikov, head of the analysis and product development program "More than a trip" operatin on the presidential platform "Russia - a country of opportunities", said if local resident and tourists will start creating artistic content this will make it more emotionally colored and facilitate Arctic tourism promotion
It may take up to six years to clean up the Arctic, Rosprirodnadzor head says
05 august 2022
It will take five to six years to clean up the Arctic zone, Svetlana Radionova, Head of Rosprirodnadzor, said in her official Telegram channel, RIA Novosti reports.
Equipment for Arctic ice survey tested this summer in German highlands
04 august 2022
New equipment for a current Arctic ice survey underway in Canada and in Greenland was tested this summer in the German highlands, and got the OK. The Alfred Wegener Institute’s two polar research planes, the Polar 5 and the Polar six, fly annually to the Far North of Canada and Greenland to survey the ice conditions. This year, they’ve been fitted with new high-resolution camera systems.
In Taimyr, the remaining landfills to be identified to continue the Arctic cleanup
03 august 2022
The experts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory’s Ministry of Ecology are investigating the areas where waste accumulated. They collect official data showing that landfills do harm to the environment and these dumps will be included in the state register of objects causing accumulated environment damage. After that, a design and estimate documentation will be developed, an environmental review will be carried out, and liquidation work will begin. It is planned to complete the ‘census’ of landfills by the end of 2025.
Extraordinary global heating occurs in the Arctic
01 august 2022
According to latest studies, it is revealed that there is extraordinary rate of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average. The heating is occurring in the North Barents Sea, a region where fast rising temperatures are suspected to trigger increases in extreme weather in North America, Europe and Asia.
Scientists discover previously unknown currents in the Arctic
29 july 2022
Previously unknown currents in the St. Anna Trench were discovered by specialists of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with colleagues from other research institutes. This area of the Kara Sea is key for studying the warming of Arctic waters, and scientists have already made some interesting conclusions.
Nornickel to build new transportation routes to ease logistic challenges
28 july 2022
Russia's Norilsk Nickel has pondered an alternative to European transport routes to sea routes across the Arctic Ocean and the development of ports in Africa. One of the largest producers of nickel, copper and other metals in the world, Russian Norilsk Nickel, which is not under broad international sanctions, is thinking about changing its traditional transportation routes from European to Asian ones.
