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

Bank of Russia approves stock split at Nornickel

22 march 2024

The Bank of Russia has approved the state registration of MMC Norilsk Nickel's decision to split its share stock 1 to 100.

As a result of the split, one ordinary share with a nominal value of RUB 1 will be converted into 100 ordinary shares with a nominal value of RUB 0.01 each.

The conversion will rely on the data effective as of the day of conversion and sourced from the records in accounts opened by the registrar responsible for the register of Nornickel’s shareholders. Pursuant to the company's decision, the shares will be converted on the tenth business day from the date of state registration of amendments to the resolution on the issuance of shares, i.e. on 4 April 2024.

Earlier, an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) voted to split the Company’s ordinary shares in order to increase their appeal to Russian investors and improve their liquidity on the Moscow Exchange.

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished