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Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: KP has an opportunity to deliver an updated definition of conflict diamonds
Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the KP has the perfect set of circumstances to restore the certification scheme's credibility by backing, ushering in and implementing an effective traceability solution for the...
13 may 2024
Zimnisky: Diamonds are incongruent with Anglo's longer-term strategy of focusing on commodities for green infrastructure
It was recently reported that the diversified miner Anglo American, which is subject to a takeover by BHP Group for $39 billion, is considering selling its subsidiary De Beers. New York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst Paul Zimnisky told...
06 may 2024
ODC managing director Mmetla Masire: We need to be responsible and not oversupply the market
Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) managing director Mmetla Masire told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that there is still a lot of inventory and there is a need for all players in the diamond industry to trade responsibly...
22 april 2024
Varvara Dmitrieva: The jewelry industry of Yakutia is distinguished by its creativity, unique cultural code and conservation of traditions
Varvara Dmitrieva, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Precious Stones and Metals Processing Technologies of the North-Eastern Federal University, told Rough&Polished about the results of the Forum of jewelry Craftsmanship and the prospects...
16 april 2024
Valery Budny: There is no strategy and legislation in Russia enabling the full cycle processing of precious raw materials within the country
Valery Budny, Head of the Jewelry Russia program and CEO of the JUNWEX media holding, told Rough&Polished about the results of the meeting and pressing issues in the precious metals and precious stones (PMPS) and the jewelry sectors.
11 april 2024
Russian scientists develop a method for determining high carbon uptake forests
24 april 2024
The method of automated identification of vegetation areas with high photosynthetic activity was developed by scientists of the Belgorod State National Research University.
Permafrost degradation in the Arctic could cost Russia 5 trillion rubles by 2050
23 april 2024
According to Gadzhimagomed Guseinov, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, damage from permafrost degradation in the Russian Arctic in the coming decades could amount to 5 trillion rubles.
Permafrost monitoring system to be created in Russia after a scientific expedition
22 april 2024
Based on the results of research in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions and the Clean Arctic - Vostok - 77 expedition, scientists proposed a system for monitoring permafrost in Russia, said Oleg Volkov, head of the Arctic Resource Center Scientific Research Support Fund, to TASS.
Yamal scientists discover microplastics in water and rainfall
19 april 2024
Yamal geo-ecologists together with scientists from the Institute of water and environmental problems of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences found microplastic particles in reservoirs of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and atmospheric precipitation.
Russian regions rated in terms of eco-technological development
18 april 2024
The Center for Market Research of the Institute for Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge published the rating of eco-technological industry development of Russian regions. The rating is a part of the annual market monitoring of digital activity of industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation.
Up to 203,000 tons of waste to be sorted and processed in Yamal annually
17 april 2024
Automated waste sorting complexes and landfills are planned to be launched at the end of 2025 in Salekhard, Muravlenko and Novy Urengoy, according to the website of the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.
80 tons of scrap metal collected under the Clean Arctic project delivered to Yakutsk
16 april 2024
The vehicles delivered 80 tons of scrap metal to Yakutsk, which was collected from 2022 in the Arctic territories of Yakutia by Yanolovo and Yanzoloto companies within the framework of the federal Clean Arctic project, said Sergey Neustroev, First Deputy Minister for Arctic Development and Affairs of the Peoples of the North of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
