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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
Cruz Battery Metals mobilises drill rig at solar lithium project
13 february 2023
Cruz Battery Metals Corp. has announced that the drill rig is now being mobilised to the drill site to begin the Phase-3 drill programme shortly on the 100-percent owned, 8135 acre Solar Lithium project in Nevada, directly bordering American Lithium Corp.’s TLC project.
The unified list of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation to be constantly updated
10 february 2023
The Unified Register of Indigenous Minorities of the Russian Federation will be updated on an ongoing basis. Now less than a third of all representatives of indigenous peoples have been included in it, specialists are processing a large number of applications, Grigory Ledkov, president of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, told TASS.
Sibanye-Stillwater gets key permit for Keliber lithium project
09 february 2023
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW, NYSE: SBSW) has received the environmental permit for its Keliber lithium mining and processing project in Finland.
NOVATEK will provide electricity to two Arctic LNG 2 lines
08 february 2023
NOVATEK has found a solution to provide electricity to the first and second stages of the Arctic LNG 2 project, Chairman of the Management Board of the company Leonid Mikhelson told reporters.
Canada faces pressure to ban deep-sea mining
07 february 2023
Canada is facing mounting pressure to declare a moratorium on deep-sea mining exploration and extraction as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit starting Friday in Vancouver.
Norway's oil minister: "We need new discoveries"
06 february 2023
(thebarentsobserver.com) - Despite warnings about climate catastrophe, the Norwegian government prepares the ground for a significant expansion of oil and gas exploration in far northern waters. “We have to make new discoveries in order to continue to develop the Norwegian shelf,” Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland says in connection with the Government’s proposal to open 92 new blocks in North Norwegian waters.
Rich deposit of rare earth minerals discovered in Swedish Lapland
03 february 2023
Huge ore deposits of valuable rare-earth minerals were discovered in the depths of the Arctic commune of Kiruna in Sweden by explorers of the Swedish mining company LKAB.
