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

De Beers Group's blockchain-enabled traceability platform Tracr reached a significant milestone in 2025, with more than 5 million rough diamonds individually scanned and registered, up from 2.8 million cumulative registrations reported in 2024. The...

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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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Students and graduates of Russian universities name best employers

21 january 2025

Students and graduates of the best Russian universities who took part in the career study "Changellenge Best Company Award 2025" named MMC Norilsk Nickel the best employer among metallurgical and mining companies.

In addition, Norilsk Nickel took 17th place out of 100 employers in the nomination "Technical careers", 45th place in the nomination "Business careers" and 55th place in the nomination "IT careers".

The study showed that the values ​​of the younger generation are gradually changing. Among the factors influencing the choice of 5 employers, the stability and reliability of the company rose from third to second place compared to the results of surveys in previous years.

Previously, the second most important factor was "valuable and useful experience for a future career" - this time it dropped to sixth place. The following have acquired great significance: transparent career growth and development paths, professionalism of colleagues and managers, interesting and ambitious projects, social package and company prestige.

More than 8,000 students from 40 leading universities in Russia took part in the study.

Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished