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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
Clean Arctic environmental campaign launched in Karelia
28 june 2024
The new season of the Clean Arctic environmental project in the Karelia Republic began with collecting waste in the Kemsky district, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Karelia reported.
Norilsk Nickel’s enterprise teaches how to avoid chlorine vapors
27 june 2024
The Kola MMC, a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel in the Murmansk Region, has created a VR course to practice evacuation actions during a chlorine leakage and carbonyl nickel department emergency.
Clean Arctic to shift expedition to Chukotka
26 june 2024
The Clean Arctic – Vostok - 77 expedition has completed its work in Yakutia and moved to Chukotka to collect information about abandoned industrial and infrastructure facilities that require recycling or additional conservation in order to reduce their impact on the environment.
A waste recycling complex to be built in Apatity for 1.7 billion rubles
25 june 2024
A production complex for waste processing will be built in Apatity, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic reported.
11 tons of waste collected along a Komi road
24 june 2024
Employees of the Transneft North company collected 11 tons of waste, eliminated an unauthorized dump of tires and other waste material at the Usinsk – Kharyaga road in the Komi Republic.
Scientists uncover wolf mummy from 44,000 year-old ice
21 june 2024
The mummy of an ancient wolf was found in the permafrost at a depth of 40 meters. Researchers at the Northeastern Federal University in Yakutia conducted an autopsy of the mummy that had been buried in the ice for 44,000 years.
Clean Arctic volunteers collect 30 tons of used tires in Komi in one day
20 june 2024
Volunteers of the Clean Arctic public environmental project eliminated an unauthorized landfill along the Usinsk-Kharyaga road in the Komi Republic, stretching for tens of kilometers, in just one day.
