Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

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

Ministry of Natural Resources names leading regions for Clean Country federal project

14 march 2024

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Murad Kerimov told RT which regions of Russia have become leaders in the implementation of the federal Clean Country project.

"I will note some of the most active [regions]. For example, the Moscow Region, the Trans-Baikal Territory, Kirov, Orenburg, Omsk, Samara, Lipetsk and Kursk regions. As well as republics of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan and Chechnya," Kerimov said

As part of the Clean Country project, landfills and hazardous facilities in cities are being cleaned in Russia. So, by the end of 2023, 128 unauthorized landfills within the borders of cities and 80 hazardous facilities, next to which 15 million people live, have already been removed, noted the deputy head of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

According to him, the cleaning of 63 more landfills is being completed this year, russian.rt.com reports.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished