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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...
12 october 2026
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...
28 september 2026
South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026
South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) has confirmed the country's participation in Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong (JGW) 2026 through a partnership with BRINKS. SDT marketing and communication manager Tsholofelo Gopolang Tselapedi...
14 september 2026
David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle
In this interview with Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa, PhotoScribe Technologies president and chief executive David Benderly explains how PermaScribe differs technically from conventional laser inscription, its potential to strengthen security, and...
31 august 2026
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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10 august 2026
RAS scientist: Warming in the Arctic will not to stimulate the development of fishing in the Siberian seas
29 september 2022
Warming in the Arctic region in the near future will not be an incentive for the development of fishing in the seas of the Siberian Arctic, says the head of the scientific direction "Ecology of the Oceans" of the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Mikhail Flint.
The Federation Council of the RF to summarize the results of the Clean Arctic environmental campaign
28 september 2022
The results of the environmental campaign "Clean Arctic" will be summed up this year in the Federation Council, Senator from the Komi Republic Elena Zlenko said. Speaking at the All-Russian forum "Arctic. The ice has moved", held in the city of Usinsk, she said that in 2022 volunteers are involved in cleaning 60 territories, mainly in the Arkhangelsk region, vmeste-rf.tv reported.
Dubai becomes a driving force for transition towards green economy
27 september 2022
In October 2021, the Dubai Future Council on Energy launched in Dubai an in-depth study that outlined how the Emirate can achieve carbon neutrality or net zero emissions, by 2050.
Factors behind latest spate of fatalities is hardest nut of all for Minerals Council to crack
26 september 2022
The deterioration in safety performance on South Africa’s mines in the second half of the year must be particularly concerning to the Minerals Council. That’s because causation is being linked to murkier, more difficult to address factors such as crime and economic pressures. Behaviour in respect of technical protocols is one thing, but behaviour as a phenomenon of broad societal ills seems a different challenge altogether.
Rio Tinto and Shougang Group sign MoU to explore steel decarbonisation solutions
23 september 2022
Rio Tinto and Shougang Group, one of the world’s top 10 steel producers, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote research, design and implementation of low-carbon solutions for the steel value chain.
IEA Report: Clean global tech collaboration necessary to retain climate goals
22 september 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a Report recently that global efforts to reduce emissions and curb rising temperatures are threatened by a lack of collaboration between countries in sharing and developing new technology, according to Reuters.
Rio Tinto joins FMC to help commercialise zero-carbon technologies
21 september 2022
Rio Tinto, the leading supplier of high quality, low-carbon footprint aluminium, including the use of renewable hydropower, has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC), a global initiative to help commercialise zero-carbon technologies by harnessing purchasing power and supply chains.
