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

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

De Beers shines light on budding jewellery designers

Diamond giant De Beers will this year conduct its bi-annual Shining Light Awards jewellery design competition. De Beers beneficiation manager Kagiso Fredericks told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview they set aside 4.5 carats...

22 july 2024

Norilsk Nickel becomes top-ranking employer of students for the fifth time in a row

30 january 2024

For the fifth year in a row, Norilsk Nickel has become the best metallurgical company in the federal student employer rating - the Best Company Award 2024.

Severstal took the second place in the Metallurgical Companies category, and Rusal was in the third place.

The study was conducted on the basis of an online survey of young professionals with high potential in order to find out their attitude to the leading employers in Russia and the world.

The organizers of the annual award in the field of employer brand development studied the career preferences of more than 9,000 students of 39 Russian universities. They were asked to evaluate a total of 190 companies.

Among the criteria determining the choice of a job, 52% of respondents named a competitive salary, 36% - a work-life balance, 35% - respect from management and valuable experience for a future career, 34% - stability and reliability of the company.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished