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

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club mulls diamond safari tours in southern Africa

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club (DDC) is set to organise diamond safari tours in southern Africa, home to major diamond-producing countries. DDC founder Agnes Abdulahu told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the launch of the first diamond safari...

15 july 2024

Vladislav Zhdanov: Questions of efficiency and investment potential of diamond mining versus diamond growing pique keen interest

Vladislav Zhdanov is Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He told Rough&Polished about new researches into the effectiveness of diamond production methods.

02 july 2024

Why it's expensive to cut and polish diamonds in Africa? ADMA president António Oliveira has the answer

The African Diamond Manufacturers Association (ADMA) president António Oliveira told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that the lack of a robust infrastructure in Africa fails to accelerate and encourage manufacturing...

24 june 2024

Edahn Golan: IPO feasible but not Anglo’s preferred way to sell De Beers

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that while an IPO of De Beers is “feasible,"  he does not think this is a route Anglo American...

17 june 2024

Three Norilsk Nickel projects received awards at HR IMPACT 2024

16 february 2024

The bestowal ceremony for the winners of the HR IMPACT 2024 professional award, aimed to encourage HR management specialists in the use of modern strategies, methods and technologies, took place in Moscow.

Three projects of Norilsk Nickel won in the following nominations: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - the best project of digital transformation into an HR super-app for employees of Norilsk Nickel; DIVERSITY & INCLUSION - the best project to create equal opportunities in the work environment; CULTURE & COMMUNITY - the best project to develop corporate culture "In a good company".

"All the winning projects are the result of the work of a large and distributed cross-functional team. We commend the staff of personnel, social policy, public relations and information technology departments for their joint work," the press service of Norilsk Nickel said.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished