The Diamonds of Botswana, Fashionscapes The Diamonds of Botswana, In the third installment of the Fashionscapes series, Livia Firth travels to Botswana to learn first-hand about the impact of diamond mining in a country that has unearthed some of the world’s most precious stones. EcoAgeTV Learn more about Diamonds of Botswana When Botswana celebrated its …
Gem Diamonds Q3 2017 Gem Diamonds Limited (LSE: GEMD) (“Gem Diamonds” or the “Company” or the “Group”) provides the following Trading Update detailing the Group’s operational and sales performance for the Period from 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017 (“Q3 2017” or the “Period”). Letšeng: Recovered 30 774 carats during the Period, up 23% from 24 999 carats …
Who are the Diamond Producing Countries? Diamonds are mined in 24 different countries know as diamond producing countries. Group 1 countries produce the fewest pure gem quality diamonds. They mainly produce industrial diamonds and near-gem quality diamonds destined for fashion jewelry markets. Group 2 countries produce the largest number of commercial grade diamonds mainly destined …
Rough Diamond Prices : De Beers Group today announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for the fifth sales cycle of 2017. Cycle 5 2017 (provisional)1 Cycle 4 2017 (actual)2 Cycle 5 2016 (actual) Sales value3 ($m) 530 522 564 Notes to this table are shown at the bottom of this page. Bruce Cleaver, …
Selling diamonds are a bit different to other luxury goods, an industry dominated by De Beers and Harry Oppenheimer of South Africa, which used its monopoly powers to stand sentry over international diamond sales for decades. De Beers decides who gets what at its monthly “sights” or diamond sales, recently after 80 years in London …
Diamonds As always, the global diamond market is of greatest importance for Botswana. After a dismal performance in the second half of 2015, the recovery in sales of rough diamonds that started in the first quarter of 2016 continued through the second quarter. Econsult Review 2016_2nd Quarter_ The reduction of rough supplies in 2015 had …
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Lucara Diamond Corp’s ‘Lesedi La Rona’ Botswana Citizen Named Gem and Wins $2,196 Prize The 1,111-carat diamond recovered by Lucara Diamond Corp Botswana in November has been named ‘Lesedi La Rona’ following a competition among locals to label the gem. The name, which means ‘Our Light,’ was given by Thembani Moitlhobogi, the winner of a $2,196 …
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