Dubai, UAE – 24 September, 2019: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Presidents Meeting kicked off in Dubai today with special sessions on lab-grown diamonds and provenance and traceability. An important delegation from Sodiam including Chairman Dr. Eugenio Bravo da Rosa took part in the ribbon cutting to officially open the Presidents Meeting. Angola […]

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The De Beers Group released its production results for the second quarter earlier this month, reporting that its rough diamond production was down 14 percent to 7,7 million carats recovered. Mine closures, lower grades and planned maintenance schedules affected many of De Beers mines. Production at the Debswana mine in Botswana fell 9 percent to […]

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Alrosa has put veteran banker Evgeny Agureev in charge of its sales division ahead of the miner’s new contract period for rough-diamond buyers, it said Wednesday. Agureev (pictured) will be the director of the United Selling Organization (USO), Alrosa’s diamond sorting and sales unit. He will be responsible for developing rough sales, making them more […]

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Rough diamond production at the major mines in Botswana dipped by 8.5% in value during the first six months of 2017 as compared to the same period a year earlier, according to statistics released recently by the Bank of Botswana. According to the report, ‘rough exports’ from Botswana during H1 2017 amounted to US$ 1.65 […]

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