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

The Clean Arctic Movement to join the polar bear protection program

29 january 2024

The Clean Arctic movement will join Russia's Rosprirodnadzor Bear Patrol program for protection of polar bears and the prevention of encounters between predators and humans, said Andrey Nagibin, the head of the environmental project.

"Our volunteers will develop training seminars for employees of enterprises. We are already preparing open lessons and interactive games for schoolchildren, webinars for tourists and those who work in the Arctic in shifts," he said.

According to him, the volunteers are organizing a large-scale awareness campaign for schoolchildren, students, shift workers, employees and tourists. It will cover five Arctic regions: Arkhangelsk Region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Yakutia and Chukotka.

In early January, the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova met with Russian president and announced that the agency plans to implement the Bear Patrol project. Its task is to prevent conflict situations between polar bears and humans.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished