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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...
12 october 2026
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.
Lab-grown...
10 august 2026
The Earth Space Monitoring Center to be created in Chukotka
11 august 2023
The Center for Receiving and Processing Earth Remote Sensing Data of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia is scheduled to be opened in the village of Ugolnye Kopi of the Anadyrsky district of Chukotka in 2024. The center will be the seventh in Russia and the first in the eastern part of the Russian Arctic, goarctic.ru reports.
A team of volunteers started cleanup in Norilsk and Dudinka
10 august 2023
A large team of volunteers from Norilsk Nickel and Clean Arctic began to clean up Soviet-era waste from abandoned construction sites in Dudinka and on the banks of the Shchuchya River near Norilsk.
General Cleanup event started in Taimyr
09 august 2023
All-Russian ecological expedition of the Russian Geographical Society to clean up the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation from man-made pollution named "Arctic. General Cleanup" has started.
Norilsk Nickel conducted an ethnological expedition in the Murmansk region
08 august 2023
An expedition of ethnographers and ecologists dedicated to the ethnological expertise of the Kolmozersk lithium deposit development project and the collection of data on the environmental situation in the vicinity of the deposit has been completed in the Lovozersk district of the Murmansk region.
ALROSA spent 2.5 billion rubles on social programs for employees in 2022
07 august 2023
In 2022, ALROSA allocated 2.5 billion rubles ($25 million) on social support programs for employees related to health, leisure, sports and recreation, as well as improving housing conditions. This was reported by the press service of the company.
Potanin: Medny plant modernization scheme to be determined by the end of 2023
04 august 2023
Norilsk Nickel plans to complete the development of a technological solution for its Sulfur Program at the Medny metallurgical plant by the end of this year, said the president of the company Vladimir Potanin.
Climate research center gets $5mn grant from Google
03 august 2023
The Woodwell Climate Research Center in the U.S. announced that it has received a $5 million in grant funding and a Fellowship from Google.org, the tech company's philanthropic arm.
