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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
Explainer: Have European countries violated human rights through climate inaction?
27 march 2023
Citizens affected by climate change are suing the governments of more than 30 European countries in three separate cases before the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that state inaction has violated their human rights.
Next-gen explosives for mining, military developed
24 march 2023
Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory came up with a way to create “switchable” high explosives that won’t detonate unless activated by being filled with an inert fluid, such as water.
JPMorgan Owned the LME ‘Nickel’ That Was Actually Bags of Stones
23 march 2023
JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned the London Metal Exchange nickel contracts that turned out to be backed by bags of stones rather than metal, according to people familiar with the matter.
Norilsk Nickel presents its own monitoring system for buildings and structures in Skolkovo
22 march 2023
At the "Clean Country" exhibition in Skolkovo Norilsk Nickel presented its own monitoring system for buildings and structures on Taimyr, sgnorilsk.ru reported. The system presented by the company consists of 1200 sensors transmitting data to a specialized platform.
Hari Krishna Diamonds to make history at UN Water Conference on 22-24 March
21 march 2023
Guinea’s government and its partners in the Simandou infrastructure and mine restarted construction works at the world’s biggest untapped reserve of iron ore.
Hari Krishna Diamonds to make history at UN Water Conference on 22-24 March
20 march 2023
The UN Water Conference, convened by the UN General Assembly, will take place from 22-24 March this year. The conference will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York.
The Polar branch of Norilsk Nickel summed up the results of the year on labor protection
17 march 2023
The polar branch of Norilsk Nickel held an award ceremony for the best employees in the field of industrial safety and labor protection based on the results of work for 2022. The company's employees were primarily awarded for their initiative in the field of industrial safety and labor protection, for creating safe working conditions, for their contribution to the development of a general culture of behavior at work.
