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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
Iron ore price rises as more policy support looms in China
29 december 2022
Iron ore price rose on Monday underpinned by looming additional policy support to shore up the Chinese economy amid its battle to contain covid outbreaks.
‘It All Starts With Training’ – Article Preview
28 december 2022
Shantanu Gupta, Tecknotrove, India, explains how digital training can improve safety and productivity in mines.
Resolute extends Perenti's contract at Mako
27 december 2022
Gold miner Resolute Mining has extended ASX-listed Perenti’s surface mining contract at the Mako gold mine, in Senegal.
Perpetua awarded up to $24.8m under US Defense Production Act; stock jumps
26 december 2022
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) announced on Monday that its Idaho-based subsidiary has received a technology investment of up to $24.8 million under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA). The objective of the funding, issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory, is to complete the environmental and engineering studies necessary for Perpetua to obtain the required permits to sustain the domestic production of antimony trisulphide, which is essential to national defense as a key component for munitions.
Ecology: More than the sum of its parts
23 december 2022
Global warming, as a component of climate change, is probably one of the best-known risks to the ecological balance of ecosystems and global biodiversity.
Gold extracted from SIM cards can be used to make painkillers
21 december 2022
Researchers at the University of Cagliari in Italy and Imperial College London developed a method for extracting gold from printed circuit boards, SIM cards and other electronic waste, as well as a process for using the recovered gold in drug manufacturing.
Panama to shut down First Quantum’s giant copper mine
20 december 2022
Panama’s government has ordered First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt operations at its Cobre Panama copper mine after it failed to agree on the terms for a new contract with the Canadian miner.
