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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
Russian scientists identify microorganisms capable of decomposing plastic
10 april 2025
Microorganisms capable of decomposing plastic have been found in the Krillon area of the Sakhalin Cape, vesti.ru reports. Samples of microorganisms and plastic waste in the southern part of Sakhalin were collected back in 2023.
Arctic sea ice grows at slowest pace in 47 years
09 april 2025
In March 2025, the area of sea ice in the Arctic was at record low for at least the last 47 years, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service reported.
Clean Arctic to carry out several waste collection shifts at Cape Chelyuskin
08 april 2025
In 2025, the autonomous non-profit organization Clean Arctic plans to employ several shifts of volunteers to clean up territories from waste at Cape Chelyuskin, where the environmental project team first reached in 2024, said Andrei Nagibin, head of the organization’s project office.
First factory in Russia achieves carbon neutrality goal
07 april 2025
The SIBUR-PET Tver plant has become the first carbon-neutral enterprise in Russia.
Arctic ice coverage shrinks by area the size of Italy
04 april 2025
In 2025, experts from NASA and the US National Snow and Ice Data Center recorded a record low level of winter ice coverage in the Arctic, www.ttelegraf.ru reported.
Presidential Nature Fund to help preserve rare animals and the Arctic
03 april 2025
The new Presidential Fund for Environmental and Natural Initiatives will help protect and preserve rare and endangered animals, as well as contribute to the environmental well-being of the Arctic and the volunteer environmental movement throughout the country.
Global warming turns tundra into taiga - scientist
02 april 2025
Global warming and the impact of human activity are turning the tundra into a taiga. A lot of forest species of plants and animals are gradually entering the Arctic, which were previously found exclusively in the taiga zone, said Andrey Tatarinov, a leading researcher at the Department of Animal Ecology at the Komi Institute of Biology.
