US$425 million (provisional)
Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: “Following continued polished diamond price stability in the lead up to the final sales cycle of the year, we saw further signs of steady demand for rough diamonds during Sight 10.“
Notes
1) 2019: US$4.04 billion (provisional – to date).
2) 2018: US$5.39 billion
3) 2017: US$5.31 billion.
4) Cycle 10 2019 provisional sales value represents sales at 17 December 2019.
5) Cycle 9 2019 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the ninth sales cycle of 2019.
6) Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis. Auctions sales included in a given cycle are the sum of all sales between the end of the preceding cycle and the end of the noted cycle.
