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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
Scientists propose to irrigate landfills with microalgae
07 august 2024
The technology for producing hydrogen from solid municipal waste using algae was proposed by scientists of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
Nornickel continues restocking fish in Yenisei River as per agreement with Russian Federal Fisheries Agency
06 august 2024
The Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company, a Nornickel subsidiary, released another batch of young fish of particularly valuable species into the Yenisei River.
Scientists to study glaciation in Barents and Kara Seas
05 august 2024
A large research expedition of the Floating University set off from Murmansk to the Arctic to study the features of the relief in the north of the Barents-Kara shelf.
Scientists to conduct comprehensive analysis of Barents and Kara Seas ecosystems
02 august 2024
The 96th voyage of the scientific research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, organized by the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, started from Murmansk to the Kara and Barents Seas.
Weak Gulf Stream leads Europe to a new ice age
01 august 2024
Europe is under threat of another ice age due to climate change affecting the Gulf Stream.
Scientists from Europe predict mass migration of population due to glacier melting
31 july 2024
European scientists are calling for projects to conserve the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland before they melt and flood cities, according to a report from the European Geosciences Union conference.
Permafrost monitoring system installed in Norilsk ahead of country-wide adoption
30 july 2024
A regional permafrost background monitoring system has been created in the territory from Talnakh to Dudinka, which uses 24 wells with a depth of 10 to 200 meters for analysis.
