Weaker diamond and mining output drove slight GDP contraction in early 2025 GAZETTE REPORTER …
Diamonds
Executive vice president of De Beers, Paul Rowley, outlines evolving consumer trends, sustainability challenges and…
BoB report attributes the decrease partly to “sluggish demand for rough diamonds and diamond jewellery” and notes how the contraction has dealt a severe blow to government revenues GAZETTE REPORTER …
The 549-carat Sethunya diamond and the 1,080-carat Eva Star stone just fetched the combined king’s…
Sold to conglomerate led by HRA Group of Companies Sale marks Lucara strategic focus on…
Notes Botswana database is too massive to analyse by traditional human methods It includes around…
Decline driven by a 22% decrease in rough sales volumes Sales of rough fell to…
But diamonds still leading commodity 70.6% (P4.169bn) of total exports UAE, India main recipients at…
ODC becomes the first non-mining member of NDC ODC sells over 6m ct of rough…
Rough production down 23% to 6.9m carats in Q1 2024 Botswana decline notable at 28%…
But company remains cautiously optimistic due to global economic uncertainty Notes unusually conservative restocking…
Reports $370m in Diamond Sales, fuelled by robust US demand and rekindled global interest GAZETTE…