Diamond market crash is Africa’s opportunity, not its crisis – M'zée Fula Ngenge

Global natural diamond supply is forecast to fall below 95 million carats this year, the lowest since 1987. For Dr. M'zée Fula Ngenge, chairperson of the African Diamond Council (ADC), this is not a death knell but a clarion call. In an exclusive...

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Tracr passes 5 million rough diamonds milestone as De Beers expands provenance push

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South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026

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David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle

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The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds

The natural diamond industry is in the throes of its most profound reset in a generation. Supply is plunging to its lowest level since 1987 and De Beers—once valued at over $9 billion—is reportedly being sold for as little as $1 billion.
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Best Arctic eco projects hailed in Moscow

20 november 2024

The results of the 5th All-Russian competition of the best regional environmental practices "Reliable partner - Ecology" were summed up in Moscow.

The competition was organized by the Reliable Partner Association and the Russian Environmental Society. A variety of organizations presented their projects - from secondary schools to large enterprises. The main condition is that the initiative has already shown the first results and it can be scaled up.

The competition covered the key areas of the national Ecology project: effective improvement of air quality, waste management, conservation of water bodies, conservation of ecological biodiversity.

Axioma, an initiative of Norilsk Nickel, received an award in the nomination "The best project implemented in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation." The project is an innovative emission control system that Norilsk Nickel is developing within the framework of the Ecology industrial competence centre. The system makes it possible to monitor the level of air pollution in real time.

With the help of artificial intelligence technologies, digital counterparts of industrial machines are created in the system, technological processes are simulated and emission data is collected, the company's press service reported.

Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished