De Beers
De Beers is one of the most influential names in the global diamond industry, shaping supply, pricing, and consumer demand through its mining operations and branding initiatives. For UK jewellery professionals, staying informed about De Beers’ activities is crucial to understanding market dynamics and trade opportunities. Jewellery Focus delivers comprehensive coverage of De Beers, including business updates, production reports, ethical sourcing initiatives, marketing campaigns, and their impact on the UK jewellery sector.
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Mar- 2021 -10 MarchManufacturers
De Beers Group reaches £396m in rough diamond sales cycle
De Beers Group has revealed its provisional value for the Cycle 2 2021 rough diamond sales for the period 22 February to 08 March 08 March 2021 to be $550m (£396m). The group also revealed its actual Cycle 1 2021 sales value between18 January and 2 February 2021 to be…
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8 MarchInternational
De Beers extends UN Women partnership
De Beers Group has announced the extension of its global partnership with UN Women for a further five years, as it works towards achieving gender parity across its workforce by 2030. The group will now join the newly-formed HeForShe Alliance and said it is committed to increasing the representation of…
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1 MarchAppointments
De Beers appoints head of HR
De Beers Group has announced the appointment of Joy Roman as its new executive head of Human Resources. She will succeed Ann Cormack in the role, who is leaving the group to pursue new opportunities outside the business, and will join De Beers Group on 22 March, working remotely from…
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Feb- 2021 -10 FebruaryInternational
Alrosa diamond sales total £310m in January
Alrosa has announced that the sales of rough and polished diamonds totalled $430m (£310m) in January, in its latest set of preliminary results. Its latest results included proceeds from rough diamond sales of $421m (£304m), and polished diamond sales of $9m (£6.5m). Evgeny Agureev, deputy CEO of Alrosa, said: “January…
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8 FebruaryInternational
De Beers rough diamond sales improve in Cycle 1
De Beers Group has announced the value of rough diamond sales totalled $650m for the first sales cycle of 2021. This marks an improvement from the previous cycle’s total of $452m, as well as an improvement against Cycle 1 in 2020, where sales totalled $551m. Owing to the continued restrictions…
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2 FebruaryProduct Launches
De Beers Group launches ReSet Forever Love collection
De Beers Group has announced it is to launch a new collection named ReSet Forever Love designed by three emerging jewellery designers later this year. The jewellery collection, which includes rings, necklaces and a brooch, incorporates rough and polished diamonds from the group, ranging from 0.3 to 1.3 carats. Each…
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Jan- 2021 -26 JanuaryManufacturers
Mountain Province diamond sale totals £20.3m
Mountain Province Diamonds has announced that its latest diamond sale, which closed 22 January 2021, sold 241,827 carats for total proceeds of $27.8m (£20.3m), resulting in an average value of $115 (£84) per carat. Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Group in the Gahcho Kué diamond…
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Dec- 2020 -17 DecemberNews
De Beers Group hits $440m in tenth sales cycle
De Beers Group has announced the value of rough diamond sales for the period 7 December to 16 December the tenth sales cycle of 2020 to be $440m (£323m), up from $426m (£313m) the year before. Despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19during the period, De Beers said it has continued…
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8 DecemberAnalysis
The final frontier
The universe is infinite, and so likley are its resources. One of the earliest thinkers of the modern space-mining is John S. Lewis, the current professor emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He wrote his book, Mining the Sky, as early as 1997.…
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1 DecemberNews
De Beers announce 12 sustainability goals
De Beers has announced 12 sustainability goals for the coming decade, which includes achieving “gender parity” throughout its workforce, and being carbon neutral within its own operations by 2030. As part of the 2030 goals, the diamond group said it aims to support 10,000 women entrepreneurs in its diamond producing…
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