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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...
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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...
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
France building an environmentally friendly cruise ship for the Arctic
13 november 2024
The French company Solar has announced the construction of the Arctic sailing cruise ship Captain Arctic, which will be launched in 2026.
Massive tree planting in the Arctic to accelerate global warming - climatologists
12 november 2024
European climatologists have concluded that the planting of forests in the circumpolar tundra and swampy regions of Eurasia and North America will lead not to a slowdown, but to an acceleration of global warming as a result of faster degradation and warming of soils.
Coloured plastic bottles to be outlawed in Russia from September 2025
11 november 2024
From September 1, 2025, domestic producers of lemonade and energy drinks, as well as foreign suppliers of olive oil and beer, will have to use a different packaging instead of the currently non-recyclable one.
Global warming in Russia happens faster than in other regions
08 november 2024
The process of global warming in Russia is happening faster than in other regions of the world. In the Russian Federation, it can lead to serious consequences.
New Caspian Sea pollution source discovered in Russia
07 november 2024
Russian scientists have discovered that pollutants released into the air by remote industrial centres can enter the Caspian Sea, according to researcher Vladimir Tabunshchik at the Institute of Biology of the South Seas.
Arctic temperatures may rise 10 degrees by late XXI century
06 november 2024
The temperature increase in the western part of the Russian Arctic by the end of the XXI century may range from 6 to 10 degrees, winter will become shorter and permafrost will disappear in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions, the press service of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.
ALROSA continues to monitor reindeer population
05 november 2024
ALROSA continues to implement a project to monitor deer migration using satellite collars in the north-west of Yakutia, the ALROSA Environmental Center reported.
