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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
Forest trees to be planted by the Miner’s Day in Vorkuta
14 july 2022
The action will be held with the support of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PODA). The forest trees will be planted in the historical part of the urban district of Vorkuta, on the site of the first village, from which the history of this polar city began.
The Clean Arctic project supported the From a Spring to the Ocean campaign to clean some springs in the Murmansk Region
13 july 2022
Dozens of corporate volunteers supported the From a Spring to the Ocean campaign offered by the Unified Volunteer Centre, the Murmansk Region, which is held in the region together with the Clean Arctic federal project. On June 30, the volunteers cleaned three well-springs and took water samples together with the scientists.
At the invitation of Norilsk Nickel, a large group of scientists from the SB RAS studied biodiversity near the small towns of Nikel and Zapolyarny
12 july 2022
Ornithologists were the first to undertake research in the biodiversity followed by hydrologists, soil scientists, mammologists, botanists, entomologists who came to the Kola Peninsula, according to mass media. “It’s good when Norilsk Nickel orders such a large-scale study in the area of its presence.
Cultural space made of containers is now in Murmansk
11 july 2022
In July 2022, Murmansk hosts the second Arctic Urban Art Festival “Growth” aimed at the aesthetic development of the city’s residential districts, so called ‘bedroom communities’. As part of the festival, the polar city will be decorated with several new murals, and small architectural forms will be made on its streets.
TotalEnergies to pull out of Kharyaga oil project
08 july 2022
The French oil and gas corporation TotalEnergies announced its intention to transfer its 20 percent stake in the Kharyaga (Kharyaginskoye) oil field development project to the Zarubezhneft oil firm. The transfer will take place in accordance with the principles and rules adopted by TotalEnergies on March 22, 2022 due to the sanction pressure on Russia. The company made this announcement in its press release on July 6.
Clean Norilsk project won the Ecotech-Leader honourary award
07 july 2022
The ceremony of awarding the Ecotech-Leader 2022, a National Prize in the environmental technologies, was held in Moscow on June 27. The companies were honoured that gained significant success in the development, implementation and promotion of advanced environmental technologies.
South Korean scientific expedition went to the Arctic
06 july 2022
The only South Korean icebreaker Araon with some researchers on board went on a long expedition to polar latitudes. The thirteenth expedition of the South Korean scientists will last until October 4; the icebreaker is expected to cover about 15 thousand kilometres. This news was announced on July 4, 2022 by the Korea Institute of Polar Research.
