JOHANNESBURG ? Diamond giant De Beers says its rough diamond sales rose 27 percent in 2011, with earnings up 21 percent. Thursday's annual report says the company mined fewer diamonds ? 31.3 million carats compared to 33 million in 2010 ? and gave ...

Since 1955 the company has been sourcing rough diamonds directly from the trading division of mining company De Beers. This strong relationship endures to this day making IGC Group one of the Diamond Trading Company's (DTC) oldest sightholders.

Despite claims in the state-owned media that Zimbabwe is set to rule the global rough diamond supply market in the next few years, the country is at the mercy of an increasingly rich and powerful ruling elite. Observers believe tens of millions of ...

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India processes 11 of every 13 rough diamonds mined across the world, paying in dollars. Hence, their buying (and selling) strategy largely depends on volatility of the rupee. ?The rupee's sudden change is a discouragement for exporters, ...

These sales reflect increased demand for rough diamond production at the start of 2012 and, having stabilized in the latter part of 2011, overall prices have now shown modest percentage increases. Year-to-date production at the Group`s South African ...

The Annual Spring rough diamond sale of Rough Fells at Kendal saw a top price of £900 for the second-prize shearling from GH Capstick, Birkhaw, Sedbergh. Bred from one of the best bloodlines on the farm, it went to George Robinson, Crooklands, Cumbria.

?The guiding principle of ImaGem Consortia is to give the trade easy access to ImaGem's equipment and services for light behavior, fingerprinting, rough diamond inclusion mapping, polished diamond grading and automatic video generation,? says Dr. Lalit ...

The Diamond Pavilion also presents the famous diamond ECC tennis racket, set with 1167 diamonds cut in Antwerp ; the city shield and jewelry from the Napoleonic era. Some 80 percent of all rough diamonds and 50 percent of all polished diamonds pass ...

The Kimberley Process addresses questions of rough diamonds, not the polished diamond supply chain, newly-appointed KP chair Gillian Milovanovic said Friday on a conference call with members of the press. Milovanovic spoke in response to a question ...