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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
Concentration of pollutants in some regions of Russia exceed the norm by 10 times
29 july 2024
Concentration of harmful substances in the air in some Russian cities exceeds the permissible norms by ten times, among them are Abakan, Achinsk, Bratsk, Vikhorevka, Zima, Kansk, Kemerovo and Krasnoyarsk.
Russia's first hydrogen production facility commissioned on Sakhalin
26 july 2024
The first solar-powered hydrogen plant in Russia has been opened on Sakhalin, according to the head of the Sakhalin region Valery Limarenko who spoke at the commissioning ceremony.
Volunteers to clear waste from territory of Yamal Nature Park
25 july 2024
Russian volunteers will clean up the territory of the Ingilor Nature Park in Yamal. Starting July 29, volunteers will have a lot of work to clean up the specially protected area from scrap metal, solid household waste and dilapidated buildings.
Temperatures in Russian Arctic exceeded norm by 1.12 °C last year
24 july 2024
In winter, the temperature anomaly in the Russian Arctic was 1.62 °C, in summer - 0.93 °C. Spring temperature was close to normal, and the highest average temperature anomaly was recorded in autumn at 1.96 °C.
UAVs are valuable for continuous environmental monitoring in the Arctic - RAS
23 july 2024
According to vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Stepan Kalmykov, quoted by TASS, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) make it possible to continuously monitor changes in the state of the environment in the Arctic.
New solution by St. Petersburg university to provide communications in the Arctic
22 july 2024
The third Arctic expedition organized by the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications named after Professor M.A. Bonch-Bruevich will test a new transceiver in Yakutia, TASS reports.
Young scientists from Moscow State University calculate how much carbon is contained in Yamal soil
19 july 2024
Students of the Geography Faculty of the Moscow State University are studying the state of the soil and rivers in Yamal as part of the practice at the Scientific Center for Arctic Studies and the Russian Center for Arctic Development, the Yamal Unites channel on Telegram reported.
