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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
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).
Arctic to become ice-free sooner than expected - scientists
15 april 2024
Researchers from South Korea and Canada said that the transition from the "white" to the "blue" Arctic, which the ice-free Arctic Ocean is often called, could happen by 2030, RIA Novosti reports.
Norilsk Nickel to invest 1.5 billion rubles in digitalization of security systems by 2027
12 april 2024
Norilsk Nickel will invest 1.5 billion rubles by 2027 in a comprehensive program for digitalization of security systems. This is the first time such a program has been adopted by the company.
RGS opens a permanent laboratory for the study of the polar bear
11 april 2024
The Russian Geographical Society (RGS) is opening the first ever permanent scientific laboratory for the study of the polar bear at the year-round Omega station.
Two Norilsk Nickel projects won the Silver Archer national award
10 april 2024
Two projects of Norilsk Nickel became winners of the XXVII Silver Archer national award in the field of communications: a community for young employees "In a good company" and the "Present for the future: developing engineering potential" project.
