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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 to study climate change and the state of ice in the Arctic
19 june 2024
The expedition of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences boarded the “Mstislav Keldysh” ship to the Kara Sea to study the impact of climate change on the state of Arctic ice.
Halibut, cod and pollock moving to the Russian Arctic
18 june 2024
Climate change is causing the boundaries between the Arctic seas and the northern regions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to become increasingly blurred.
Environmental monitoring in the Arctic discussed at maritime congress
17 june 2024
A system for monitoring the environmental situation and biodiversity of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) based on satellite data is being developed by the Marine Research Center of Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with Rosatom State Corporation.
More than 30 tons of waste removed at a clean-up event near Novodvinsk
14 june 2024
On Russia Day, June 12, volunteers cleared the territory of the former Rodonit lamp factory near Novodvinsk.
Giant viruses found in the Arctic may potentially save the planet
13 june 2024
A team of Danish researchers from Aarhus University has discovered unusually large and complex viruses in Greenland. This is a very rare type of microbes that devour algae. And they were found among the ice for the first time.
RAS and Azerbaijan scientists to jointly study fauna
12 june 2024
The Federal Research Center for Integrated Study of the Arctic named after Academician Laverov of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan will cooperate in studying the fauna of the European North of Russia and Azerbaijan.
Nornickel calls for tax holidays for builders of social facilities in the Arctic
11 june 2024
According to a representative of Norilsk Nickel, in order to accelerate the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, the government should consider the possibility of providing tax holidays for companies that build social facilities in this region.
