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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
Nornickel is ready to create permafrost monitoring system together with Russian Ministry of Natural Resources
15 november 2022
Nornickel is ready to cooperate in the monitoring activities with local authorities and the authorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, according to Andrey Grachev, the company’s Vice President.
Climate change to melt summertime Arctic sea ice by 2050
15 november 2022
Summertime Arctic sea ice is set to vanish by 2050 due to climate change. The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative research network says that in general it rains in East Antarctica in March, as air temperatures are normally warm. However, during this summer, the Alps lost 5 percent of their ice cover. And in September, Greenland set a new record for melting at that time of year, as per a media report.
More than 100 abandoned buildings are demolished in Norilsk as part of environmental project
14 november 2022
Since 2021, Nornickel has cleared Norilsk of 200 thousand tons of scrap metal, also demolished 106 abandoned buildings, said Andrey Grachev, vice president of the company for federal and regional programs, during a speech at the international forum "Days of the Arctic and Antarctic in Moscow-2022" on Friday.
Set of measures to reduce emissions in Russian Arctic gets nod from government
14 november 2022
The plan includes 13 measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere and discharges into sea and river waters.
Gremyachinsky mining and processing plant raises safety standards
11 november 2022
"EuroChem-VolgaKaliy" is increasing efforts to develop the production process of the Gremyachinsky mining and processing plant in the Volgograd region, gorvesti.ru writes. Simultaneously with the growth of production, the company raises the standards of the main component of the technological process – production safety and labor protection.
Norilsk Nickel gas workers undergo trainings on dynamic risk assessment
10 november 2022
Specialists of the Department of Technological Transport and Special Equipment of JSC Norilskgazprom and the Department of main gas pipelines of JSC Norilsktransgaz passed the first joint training "Dynamic risk assessment". Its main goal is to change the attitude of employees to industrial safety issues, ttelegraf.ru writes.
HSE Health and Work Conference 2022 in Great Britain
09 november 2022
Health and Safety Executive’s Health and Work Conference will be taking place in Great Britain on 15 November 2022.
