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

Members of Russia 360 expedition sign the Arctic Volunteer Charter

01 february 2024

The participants of the continental expedition Russia 360, aimed at traveling along the land borders of the Russian Federation, were the first to sign the Arctic Volunteer Charter, a document developed by the Clean Arctic public environmental project offering assistance in restoring ecosystems, participating in cleaning up nature from waste and in eco-education.

According to Andrey Nagibin, the head of the Clean Arctic project, in 2023, 3,000 people participated in its initiatives, and cleared 7,000 tons of waste from a total of 256 hectares of territory.

On the way through the Arctic regions, the expedition participants will map the new debris sites they discovered, which accumulated after 80 years of Arctic exploration.

The Russia 360 expedition started on January 25, 2024. In December 2024 the team will return to Murmansk, having traveled on wheeled vehicles along all the land borders of Russia for more than 33,000 km through 58 regions.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished