de beers confirms 75 DTC sightholders for 2012-15. ? Harry Winston's 4Q sales flat at $216M, net profit +21% to $17M.? Sotheby's HK sells $64M (79% by lot) with emerald-cut, 8.01 ct., fancy vivid blue ?diamond ring selling for $13M ($1.6M/ct.).

Then fingers were leveled at de beers Canada, operator of the Victor diamond mine 90 km to the west. People were asking how a world class mine could be developed and the local communities not benefit economically. Why wasn't de beers fixing ...

Rio followed BHP last week in announcing a review of its involvement in diamonds, a move that has propelled the sector - still dominated by de beers (AAL.L) and Russia's Alrosa - towards its most significant shake-up in over a decade.

DAVID HARGREAVES: Yes it certainly does and what it's done of course is bring to a conclusion the fact that the industry did totally open up after de beers decided to abandon their monopoly. And now what we have is that some of the bigger people who ...

Diamond company de beers and a First Nations group in northern Canada have signed an agreement over gathering information for an environmental impact assessment. The agreement, signed last week at Fort Resolution, stipulates that de beers will support ...

In the case of de beers Diamond Company class action law suits, the US Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by members of the indirect purchaser class. A second petition for certiorari filed by another member of the indirect purchaser ...

( News) ? The US Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by members of the indirect purchaser class in the de beers class action lawsuits, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee reported. The decision upholds a previous court decision ...

Namibia, a former German colony twice the size of that country, is the world's fourth-largest uranium producer, and its diamond mines operated by de beers produce the highest-quality gems. Ranking 129th globally in terms of gross domestic product per ...

By Rob Bates, Senior Editor On April 2, the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the de beers antitrust settlement. The court gave no further comment on the case, which is listed as David T. Murray vs. Shawn Sullivan et al.

Bloomberg reported de beers named Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF) as one of 75 companies looking to sale its diamonds for the next three years. Diamond Trading Co., the London-based company moving its sorting and trading to Botswana by late 2013, ...