De Beers’ new CEO will start in February
De Beers’ CEO transition—which was scheduled to occur early this year—has been given a date: Feb. 20.
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De Beers’ CEO transition—which was scheduled to occur early this year—has been given a date: Feb. 20.
Charles Stanley, who has been with the company for more than two decades, will step down at the end of February.
De Beers has made sharp price changes at this week’s sight, implementing deep reductions in larger goods and increases for smaller stones.
Press release: 1ct. RAPI -1.5% in December; -10.7% in 2022.
Botswana Diamonds is in talks to begin exploration work in Zimbabwe after a previous project in the country failed to materialize, management said last month.
Strong jewelry sales and manufacturers’ desire to secure supply with known provenance pushed rough sales to their highest level since 2018
De Beers Group [announced December 21] the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for the tenth sales cycle of 2022.
After a slew of headline-grabbing prices, top colored diamonds have started tapering off. Experts say market fatigue may be denting the wow factor.
De Beers plans to allocate more of its rough to manufacturing units in Africa next year, according to sightholders, resulting in less supply for other cutting operations amid a drop in the miner’s overall output.
Construction of the Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) is complete, paving the way for the Indian industry’s newest exchange to open in the spring of next year, according to the organization behind the development.
De Beers has extended its sightholder contracts by one year, a reflection of what it calls “uncertainty” in the market.
Sergey Ivanov, CEO of Alrosa and a target of US sanctions, is stepping down from his position at the Russian miner, according to a local news outlet.