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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
Yamal is Russia's worst region in terms of impact on land resources in the Arctic
18 december 2023
Among the northern regions, the largest area of disrupted land is in Yamal, it amounts to 173,218 hectares or 58% of the total volume of affected Arctic soils, according to a report by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, published on the agency's website.
The cultural heritage of indigenous peoples to be digitized
15 december 2023
The Northeastern Federal University (NEFU) has proposed to preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic using digital technologies.
Summer of 2023 was the warmest on record in the Arctic - study
14 december 2023
In 2023, the average summer air temperature in the Arctic became the highest in the entire history of observations in the region, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported.
Fishing may cease in Norway due to microplastics pollution
13 december 2023
The high pollution of Norway's coastal waters with microplastics, which the Gulf Stream brings there from the coasts of the USA and Great Britain, may lead to the cessation of fishing in a few years, said Maxim Tokarev, a member of the "Clean Arctic - Vostok-77" expedition organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russia's State Duma recognizes the importance of developing climate projects in the Arctic
12 december 2023
Vyacheslav Fetisov, Chairman of the All-Russian Society for Nature Protection, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology of the Russian Federation, spoke about his impressions of the Pleistocene Park for restoration of the ecosystem of mammoth steppes in Yakutia.
Activists together with the military collected more than 200 tons of industrial waste in the Arctic
11 december 2023
Activists of the Russian Geographical Society collected and removed 200 tons of industrial waste from the coast of the Khatanga River, which flows on the island of Taimyr in the Arctic.
About 12 tons of waste collected by volunteers during the Clean Arctic campaign in Karelia
08 december 2023
Campaigns took place in all six districts of Karelia included in the Arctic zone of Russia.
