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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.
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10 august 2026
Volkswagen chooses Ontario for first battery plant outside Europe
17 march 2023
Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker, announced Monday its plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont.
Scientists can't tell how fast the ice is melting in the Arctic
16 march 2023
Norwegian and American researchers compared the calculations of 14 popular climate models of the Arctic Ocean from 1970 to 2017 with the results of real observations and found errors – this concerns forecasts, the structure of ocean layers, the movement of deep currents.
Japan, Canada in talks over collaboration in battery metals supply chain
15 march 2023
Japan and Canada are discussing collaboration on building strong supply chains for battery metals, Japan’s industry minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, said on Tuesday.
The View from England: PDAC is over — time for would-be investors to reflect
14 march 2023
The middle of March is a depressing time in the calendar, and not just because it means the annual PDAC conference is over. Ever since William Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar in 1599, we have associated this time of the year with a warning; “Beware the Ides of March” (Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC).
EU's von der Leyen says she and Biden agreed to dialogue on clean tech
13 march 2023
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she agreed with President Joe Biden during a meeting at the White House on Friday to have a dialogue concerning incentives to the clean technology industry.
Norilsk Nickel invested 11 billion rubles in the cleaning of the northern territories in two years,
10 march 2023
Norilsk Nickel invested 11 billion rubles in two years in the implementation of a large-scale project to rid the lands in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of industrial waste, scrap metal and abandoned structures, said Andrey Raduntsev, head of the Department for Work with territories and landscaping of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel.
Norilsk Nickel invests in production and environmental programs in Norilsk
09 march 2023
The lion's share of all investments in the modernization of production and environmental programs in Norilsk in 2022 fell on the investments of Norilsk Nickel. This was announced by the Mayor of Norilsk Dmitry Karasev, summing up the results of his work and the activities of the administration headed by him in 2022.
