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De Beers Sales Fall as Virus Impacts Sentiment

De Beers’ rough-diamond sales declined 28% year on year to $355 million in February as the coronavirus[…]

Angolan diamonds
Population denounces illegal extraction of diamonds in Angola

Luanda, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Popular claims in southern Angola warned of the illegal extraction of diamonds[…]

Ellendale diamonds
Ellendale revival on the horizon with increased diamond value

Gibb River Diamonds has completed a review of the mothballed Ellendale diamond mine in Western Australia that[…]

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Alrosa steps up efforts to brighten fluorescent diamond sales

Russia’s Alrosa the world’s top diamond miner by volume, is betting on a new strategy to boost its[…]

Measuring a rough diamond
De Beers Reveals Overhaul of Sight System

De Beers plans to split sightholders into three categories and offer each group a more bespoke selection[…]

A De Beers sightholder examining rough
De Beers Lets Sightholders Defer Chinese Goods

De Beers has allowed clients to forgo buying certain rough diamonds at this week’s sight, as the[…]

Angolan rough diamond
Angola Seizes 6,579 carats of Illegal Rough Diamonds

Authorities in Angola have seized 6,579 carats of rough diamonds in a crackdown on illegal mining and[…]

Rough diamonds De Beers
Virus Likely to Impact Demand at De Beers Sight

De Beers and its clients expect a slowdown in rough-diamond sales at the company’s Botswana sight this[…]

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A laser code could protect your diamond ring and save you thousands

Replacing a diamond ring can be an expensive prospect, but that’s the reality for the majority of[…]

17.44 carat diamond found at the Verkhne-Munskoye deposit
Alrosa finds first large coloured diamond at new Yakutia mine

Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s top diamond miner by output, has found a 17.4-carat bright yellow gem-quality precious rock at[…]

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