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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
The bottom of the Arctic blooms too...
21 november 2022
During spring the Arctic Ocean blooms with surface waters spread with microscopic algae every year. Once bloom has used the nutrients on the surface, these plankton sink to the seafloor and die or remain in a stable state was what was generally thought, but a new study in ‘Global Change Biology’ has uncovered that in the summer, phytoplankton could bloom at the bottom of the Arctic.
Arctic fires could release catastrophic amounts of C02: study
18 november 2022
Global warming is responsible for bigger and bigger fires in Siberia, and in the decades ahead they could release huge amounts of carbon now trapped in the soil, says a new report. Researchers fear a threshold might soon be crossed, beyond which small changes in temperature could lead to an exponential increase in area burned in that region.
LKAB Invests SEK 500 Million in Port of Narvik, Northern Norway
17 november 2022
LKAB is now investing SEK 500 million in a brand new port of loading at the Port of Narvik. The shiploader located at dock 5 today was built in 1977 and it is time to replace it, the mining company writes in a press release.
Specialists from Russia commission an airfield for transport aircraft in Antarctica
16 november 2022
Specialists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute together with Zapsibgazprom have commissioned a new snow-ice airfield for receiving heavy transport aircraft at the Progress station in Antarctica, TASS reports.
Pomorie to receive a subsidy for a garbage sorting complex
15 november 2022
The Arkhangelsk Region has been selected by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation for federal co-financing of expenses for the construction of solid municipal waste management facilities, said Alexander Stotsky, Director General of the Arctic Development Project Office.
The second meeting of the Russian-Asian Consortium for Arctic Research to be held on November 29
14 november 2022
The second meeting of the Russian-Asian Consortium for Arctic Research (RACAR), initiated by the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) and the international organization "Northern Forum" will be held at the IV "Northern Forum on Sustainable Development".
Conference "Personnel for the Arctic" to be held in St. Petersburg
11 november 2022
The conference "Personnel for the Arctic" will be held at the Congress Center "Petrocongress" on November 22, 2022.
