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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
ESG rating of companies: The fifth annual Polar Index was released by the Project Office for Arctic Development and the Economics Department of Moscow State University
09 september 2022
Experts for the fifth time presented the results of the annual rating “Polar Index. Companies” on September 5, 2022 at the Moscow State University, according to an article published on the website of the Project Office for Arctic Development. The first place in the rating was taken by Nornickel, the second place was won by Rosneft, and T Plus, a power generating company took bronze. In 2021, the rating was headed by SIBUR Holding, Lukoil and Novatek.
Volunteers of Karelia cleared 60 km of river and lake banks
08 september 2022
Participants of the “Water of Russia” action have removed more than 27 tons of garbage this year, according to Go Arctic. In 2022, volunteers have already cleared about 60 km of the banks of Karelian rivers and lakes from garbage and wood debris.
Andrey Grachev: Norilsk Nickel creates new standards of interaction with indigenous peoples
07 september 2022
During the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Andrey Grachev, Vice President for Federal and Regional Programs of Norilsk Nickel presented the company's experience in supporting indigenous peoples. According to him, Norilsk Nickel's policy towards the Indigenous Minorities of the North (IMN) is an integral part of the company's strategic development concept: “We really see representatives of indigenous peoples as our colleagues and friends. We understand that these relations should be based on mutual respect, mutual benefit, and striving for development. And our task is to contribute to the preservation of indigenous crafts, lifestyle, to take into account the aspirations and requirements of the indigenous peoples.”
Putin: Refinement of the legal system will help speed up the cleanup of the Arctic
06 september 2022
Refinement of Russia’s legal system will help speed up the cleanup of the Arctic territory from waste accumulated since Soviet times, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with participants in the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum “Ecosystem. Reserved Land”, answering the question of Anastasia Faterina, the head of the volunteers who joined the Clean Arctic project.
Sergey Ivanov: It will take at least another 10 years to clean up our Arctic
05 september 2022
The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergey Ivanov in an interview with Interfax spoke about the waste disposal program in the Arctic, ecotourism problems and the development of the Northern Sea Route.
Carbon capture is not a solution to net zero emissions plans, report says
02 september 2022
Carbon capture and storage schemes, a key plank of many governments’ net zero plans, “is not a climate solution”, the author of a major new report on the technology has said. Researchers for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found underperforming carbon capture projects considerably outnumbered successful ones by large margins. Of the 13 projects examined for the study – accounting for about 55% of the world’s current operational capacity – seven underperformed, two failed and one was mothballed, the report found. “Many international bodies and national government are relying on carbon capture in the fossil fuel sector to get to net zero, and it simply won’t work,” Bruce Robertson, the author of the IEEFA report, said.
IPA advances knowledge of PGM health and environmental properties
01 september 2022
Although the unique chemical properties of PGMs provide great benefit to society, it is important, as it is for all chemicals, that any potential hazards that PGMs may also pose are understood and appropriately controlled, said the International Platinum Group Metals Association (IPA) on its website.
