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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
Rapid melting of frigid Arctic causes extreme rainfall in Indian subcontinent
27 july 2022
According to studies conducted by scientists at the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) in July 2021, the rapid melting of the frigid Arctic nearly 9,000km away is likely to have caused the extreme rainfall witnessed in the Indian subcontinent over the past few decades.
India moves forward to join elite group by releasing its Arctic Policy
26 july 2022
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, released India's Arctic policy titled 'India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’ on March 17, 2022 from the Ministry of Earth Sciences Headquarters in New Delhi.
Development dynamics in Murmansk Province exceeds the average in Russia
21 july 2022
Economic growth in the Murmansk region amounted to 16%, investments – by 30% (600 billion rubles). Industrial production in the region increased by 17.3%, said the Governor of the Murmansk region Andrey Chibis at a meeting of the governors' club to support and implement ideas within the framework of the forum "Strong ideas for a new time – 2022" in Moscow.
The Accounting Chamber called for improving the efficiency of environmental safety management in the Arctic zone
20 july 2022
The preservation of the natural environment of the Arctic zone and the elimination of the environmental consequences of economic activity in the conditions of increasing economic activity in this region are one of the main goals of Russia's state policy in the Arctic.
The results of the Clean Arctic project
19 july 2022
Rosneft and the Russian Arctic National Park have summed up the results of the comprehensive Clean Arctic project to study the impact of Soviet-era economic activities on Arctic ecosystems, polit.ru writes.
Ruslan Gubaidullin: The Arctic Technopark to be set up in Norilsk soon
18 july 2022
The Chairman of the Board of the ANO (Autonomous Nonprofit Organization) “Clean Arctic” made a presentation at the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum “Territory of Meanings”. The forum takes place in Solnechnogorsk on the basis of the Management Workshop “Senezh” of the ANO “Russia - the Land of Opportunities”. The first shift is devoted to modelling the system of municipal administration.
New large shipbuilding centres to be set up in Russia
15 july 2022
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is examining the possibility of creating another Russian centre for large-tonnage shipbuilding to partially meet the growing demand for new heavy-tonnage vessels. This was announced on June 29, 2022 by Boris Kabakov, Director of the Department of Shipbuilding Industry and Marine Engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on the sidelines of the Shipbuilding in the Arctic forum held in Arkhangelsk.
