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

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