On top of this, rough diamond prices have been on a downwards path in recent months. Pricing is complex with no single market, but indices show that after recovering strongly from the crash during the depth of the financial crisis, prices have softened ...

Rough diamond prices had been strong from the end of 2010 until June this year when prices started to soften. Chief Executive Johan Dippenaar said demand had picked up, although he expects to see more volatility in coming months. ...

Statistics Botswana data released this week suggests that the transitory flattening out of rough diamond prices that was forecast by the Diamond Trading Company Botswana in September took place. The DTCB's forecasts were based on market signals in ...

Furthermore, Anglo American believes that as the appetite of emerging markets increases, diamond demand will outstrip supply which will in turn be a positive driver for rough diamond prices. We have attempted to make it clear that diamonds are a core ...

In the past five years, loose diamond prices have risen by a staggering 49%, all while the US economy has predominantly muddled along. As with metal costs, jewelers who buy their product can only front-run diamond prices for a certain length of time ...

Debt levels in cutting and polishing centres have been brought down to more controllable levels and diamantaires have done well in rebalancing their inventories - as a result rough diamond prices have rebounded and exceeded precrisis highs, ...

This is in addition to rough and polished diamond prices sliding and liquidity problems being felt at the cutting centres. ?The reduction in polished prices (down 10 percent) and lack of liquidity has meant that rough sales and rough prices have been ...

De Beers told investors in July that rough diamond prices increased by around 35 percent in the first six months of the year. The company has not disclosed exact price performance since then, but has said prices have plateaued in recent months. ...

Composite polished diamond prices also dipped $0.49/Ct to $157.95/Ct over the same interval and have dipped at an increased rate at the beginning of this week. The dip in polished diamond prices was partly a result of a short-term decrease in demand ...

Their interest is driving up prices of Australian pink diamonds?the world's rarest?and supporting returns that have outstripped the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Hong Kong's Hang Seng over the past decade. An index of pink-diamond prices more than ...