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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.
Lab-grown...
10 august 2026
Melting of permafrost may cost 10 trillion rubles in damages
05 september 2024
The damage from the melting of permafrost in the Russian Arctic may exceed ten trillion rubles by 2050, according to a study by a team of permafrost scientists, ttelegraf.ru reports.
Volunteers cleanup 40 km of coastline in Khatanga
04 september 2024
The expedition of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) "Arctic. General cleanup" has ended in the settlement of Khatanga which is located in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Over 90 activists collected 547 tons of man-made waste from 40 km of coastline.
International Birds of Prey Forum being held in Vladivostok
03 september 2024
The second International Forum "Falcon Day", dedicated to the conservation of rare species of birds of prey, creation of breeding centers, rehabilitation and reintroduction of Falconidae birds is being held in Vladivostok on September 3.
Last year considered fourth warmest on record in the Arctic
02 september 2024
A new State of the Climate Report 2023 led by scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society revealed that the Arctic had its fourth warmest year on record last year.
Finland to build underground storage facility for spent nuclear fuel
30 august 2024
By 2026, Finland will put into operation the world's first long-term underground spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage facility Onkalo.
Clean Arctic volunteers collect more than 23 tons of scrap metal in the northernmost port of Russia
29 august 2024
Volunteers of the Clean Arctic environmental project have completed the cleaning of Tiksi village, Russia's northernmost port located beyond the Arctic Circle, the project's press service reported.
Fourth season of Clean Arctic federal project begins in Tiksi
28 august 2024
The start of the fourth season of the Clean Arctic federal project in Tiksi village was attended by the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev, the head of the Clean Arctic project Andrey Nagibin and the head of the Bulunsky district Afanasy Androsov.
