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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
The Prosecutor General's Office in Russia revealed numerous violations in the activities of gold mining companies
22 august 2022
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation revealed many violations in the activities of gold miners in Buryatia, the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Amur Region, risk-news.ru reported. According to the agency, enterprises do not comply with legislation, in particular environmental protection, when carrying out geological exploration, development of gold deposits and its extraction.
What pollutes the Arctic
19 august 2022
The main accumulated environmental damage in the Arctic is associated with wartime waste: reactors, flooded boats, barrels. This is the conclusion reached by the participants of the All-Russian Forum-Festival "The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken". “These are the remains of the previous development of the Arctic, when tractors and barrels with fuel were delivered there. Nothing was taken out from there, as it is very expensive. So, they have been left there for decades,” said Nikolai Doronin, head of the project office for the development of the Arctic.
Europe’s coal grab raises uncomfortable questions about energy transition
19 august 2022
Graham Kerr has no regrets about taking South32 out of thermal coal last year. Despite the meteoric price rise for the fuel following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which has precipitated an energy security crisis in Europe – Kerr says the die was cast for South32’s 91% stake in South African Energy Coal (SAEC) even before formulating the group’s targets for carbon emission reduction in October 2021. “The decision to leave coal was down to its size and the complexity, as well as the historical returns of the business,” Kerr said in an interview. Half of SAEC’s production is suitable for export production, but the balance is “domestically orientated”, he says. “That domestic side is going to grow over time and we certainly didn’t believe that as a foreign-owned company we would be in a position to re-negotiate some of those historical Eskom contracts which we thought were problematic. A South African business is in a much better position to do that.” That, in the end, is what happened.
Three Arctic regions of Yakutia to be cleared of scrap metal by the end of 2022
18 august 2022
The cleanup of scrap metal from the territory of the three Arctic regions of Yakutia will be completed by the end of this year, the government of the republic said.
Volunteers from Norilsk Nickel came to the aid of the Lapland Nature Reserve
17 august 2022
The volunteers of the second eco-shift of the Norilsk Nickel’s “Poneslos” (Things Got Rolling) eco-marathon helped the employees of the Lapland Nature Reserve once again. Last year, the eco-marathon participants built the so-called “Reindeer Trail” and an interactive platform. This season, the volunteers are now busy repairing excursion trails, painting poles and improving the road leading to the Reserve.
The Russian Federation has the potential to create technologies to combat pollution of nature
17 august 2022
Russia has the potential to independently develop and implement solutions to prevent pollution and eliminate accumulated environmental pollution.
The Bank of Russia on financing sustainable development
16 august 2022
The issues of the national sustainable development agenda remain relevant in the context of the ongoing structural transformation and future modernization of the Russian economy, important for ensuring a high quality of life and well-being of Russian citizens.
