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

Nornickel showcases its AI tech at All-Russian exhibition

18 march 2024

At the Artificial Intelligence Day of the All-Russian exhibition in Moscow, participants showcased new technologies based on computer vision and machine learning. Norilsk Nickel presented the AI systems used at its enterprises.

Representatives of Kola MMC, a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel and one of the largest production facilities in the Murmansk Region, spoke about their innovative projects.

Among them is the Rudopotok video analytics system which can monitor ore transportation and raw material quality indicators, as well as the Anti-Collision thermal imaging system, which helps reduce injuries at the enterprise.

"Our employees are actively involved in the development of systems based on artificial intelligence. This is extremely important from the point of view of improving industrial safety. We strive for zero injuries, because our company's employees are the most important resource, so we take care of their health," said Anton Gavrilov, Chief Manager of the Department of Innovation and Digital Technologies at Kola MMC.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished