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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.
Lab-grown...
10 august 2026
Yenisei records
28 november 2022
During the navigation along the Yenisei, which lasted from May to October of this year, rivermen set their own record: the Yenisei River Shipping Company transported about 3.7 million tons of cargo, which is 32% more than last season. And all this against a record low water level - such a low filling of the Siberian river basin has not been observed since 1936.
Enterprise for growing artificial diamonds to be built in Arkhangelsk in 2024
25 november 2022
A high-tech enterprise will grow artificial diamonds and create single-crystal wafers based on them with unique sensor properties.
The US will not be able to take away Wrangel Island from Russia – Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador
24 november 2022
The ownership of Wrangel Island to Russia is indisputable, and the proposals for its "return" to the United States are extremist in nature, said Nikolai Korchunov, Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council.
Canadian federal minister rejects Nunavut mine expansion
23 november 2022
Iron miner Baffinland had hope to build rail and port infrastructure to double the output of its Mary River mine, but faced local opposition.
The expedition discovered birds listed in the Red Book in the industrial area of Norilsk
22 november 2022
An expedition of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) discovered in the Norilsk industrial region seven species of birds listed in the Red Books of Russia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Norilsk Nickel presents two more apartments and certificates for household appliances to children of Taimyr
22 november 2022
At a meeting of the coordinating council of communities of the indigenous minorities of the North following the results of 2022, Nikolai Utkin, senior vice president of the company and head of its Norilsk Division, handed over the keys to two new apartments in Dudinka and certificates for household appliances to orphans from among the indigenous minorities of Taimyr.
Four Soviet nuclear icebreakers will be sawn into metal
22 november 2022
Four decommissioned Soviet nuclear icebreakers - "Siberia", "Arctic", "Soviet Union" and "Russia" - will be sawn into metal, Atomflot reported.
