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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.
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10 august 2026
Norilsk Nickel finds non-trivial approaches to corporate security management
23 june 2023
The creation of business-oriented security, investments in security digitalization projects, automation of corruption and fraud risk management were discussed by the participants of the scientific and practical conference "Business Security: Modern Challenges" held in Moscow.
Beijing's improved ecological environment promotes biodiversity
22 june 2023
Thanks to continuous improvements to ecological environment, China's capital city Beijing is seeing a rise in biodiversity.
Selection for the third stream of the Norilsk Nickel leadership program
21 june 2023
Norilsk Nickel is launching the third stream of the First Arctic training program for young managers, which is aimed at graduates of specialized universities and young specialists up to 27 years of age from all regions of Russia.
Norilsk Nickel to support the third volunteer campus in the Murmansk region
19 june 2023
Registration of participants of the third volunteer campus in the village of Nickel in the Murmansk region continues. It will work on July 2-16 with the support of Norilsk Nick.
Unsafe conditions caused two deaths in Zimbabwe lithium mine
16 june 2023
An investigation alleges unsafe conditions led to two deaths in the Chinese-run Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe.
Transition minerals: a quarter of mining-related human rights abuses relate to lack of safe water
15 june 2023
As demand for transition minerals increases, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre calls for more robust human rights protections.
Norilsk Nickel encourages miners to improve safety culture
14 june 2023
Senior Vice President of Norilsk Nickel - Production Director Sergey Stepanov awarded four miners of the Norilsk division with letters of thanks for improving preventive work to prevent and reduce the level of injuries, occupational risks, accidents and incidents, to improve working conditions at the workplaces of employees of the company's branches and Russian organizations of the corporate structure of Norilsk Nickel.
