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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
Police searched Ivanhoe Mines’ Vancouver office as part of Swiss bank transfer investigation
19 december 2022
Police searched Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN) Vancouver office seeking information on $2.7 million in bank transfers from Ivanhoe to a Swiss bank account in connection with contracts for its Congolese mining operations, The Globe and Mail reported Thursday.
LBMA faces litigation over alleged killing of two people near Barrick’s North Mara
16 december 2022
UK law firm Leigh Day said on Tuesday that it had filed a case in the High Court in London, alleging that the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has been wrongly certifying that gold sourced from a Tanzania gold mine is free from human rights abuses.
Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources: Business is proactive in supporting environmental education
15 december 2022
Irina Makanova, Director of the Department for State Policy and Regulation in the Development of Specially Protected Natural Areas of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, said at a press conference at the TASS press center following the results of the Great Scientific Expedition that by 2024 Russia should generally create over 24 specially protected natural areas.
Mikhail Gladyshev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biology, Professor: "We must preserve the quality, first of all, of the Arctic ecosystems, which are inhabited by the most valuable fish species, which generally constit
15 december 2022
During a press conference following the results of the Large Scientific Expedition to study biodiversity in the regions where Norilsk Nickel operates, Mikhail Gladyshev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biology, Professor said that the emphasis on the study of biodiversity was made because the Arctic ecosystems are small and they are characterized by low biological production of all links, including fish.
The most intense impact of Norilsk Nickel enterprises on biogeocenoses lies within the sanitary protection zones and does not show up sharply beyond them - Victor Glupov, Head of the Large Scientific Expedition
15 december 2022
Viktor Glupov, Head of the Large Scientific Expedition and Director of the Institute of Animal Ecology Systematics at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences speaking at a press conference in the TASS press center, said that the scientists within this expedition studied over 73,000 sq. km of territories adjacent to the areas of activity of Norilsk Nickel.
The multidisciplinarity of research within the framework of the Large Scientific Expedition lays the foundation for further research in the Arctic
15 december 2022
"One of the main tasks set before the Russian Academy of Sciences is to conduct the research that is needed for the development of the economy, for its stability," Academician Valentin Parmon, chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) said at a press conference in the TASS press center noting that currently there is a huge problem of restoring the technological sovereignty of Russia.
Stanislav Seleznev, Norilsk Nickel Vice President for Industrial Safety: RAS recommendations based on the results of the Large Scientific Expedition will be implemented
15 december 2022
Today, the TASS press center hosted a press conference dedicated to the results of the Large Scientific Expedition to study biodiversity in the areas of Norilsk Nickel's production activities.
