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Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future
Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...
28 october 2024
Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki
The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...
14 october 2024
James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration
London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...
07 october 2024
Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products
Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...
30 september 2024
Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
23 september 2024
Arctic Lithium comes into being prior to auction for Kolmozerskoye deposit
The authorized capital of Arctic Lithium is ₽1 million. The company does not disclose the founders. Dmitry Vysotsky, who previously was a co-owner and head of construction companies in Moscow and the Stavropol Territory, has been appointed its CEO, and currently owns a 25% stake in the Moscow-based Sandastrial concrete production company.
In June 2022, Alexander Kozlov, the Russian Minister of Natural Resources, told Interfax about plans to hold an auction for the Kolmozerskoye lithium deposit in the Murmansk Province in the third or fourth quarter of 2022. The minimum one-time payment at the auction may amount to ₽589.75 million.
In April, Rosatom and Nornickel signed an agreement on joint projects to develop the Kolmozerskoye deposit with a further deep processing of lithium. The Polar Lithium joint venture was registered in July this year in Moscow.
The Kolmozerskoye deposit is considered the largest in Russia (18.9% of domestic reserves, 75 million tons) and the most promising.
Currently, lithium, one of the key elements for batteries (including electric vehicles), is not mined in Russia.