Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (GlobalSightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers’ tenth sales cycle of 2018, amounting to $540 million.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, said: “De Beers Group’s rough diamond sales during the final cycle of the year continued to be in line with expectation ahead of the all-important retail selling season as cutting and polishing factories in India restarted their operations following the Diwali holiday.”
| Cycle 10 2018(1) (provisional) | Cycle 9 2018(2) (actual) | Cycle 10 2017 (actual) | |
| Sales value(3) | $540m | $442m | $455m |
- Cycle 10 2018 provisional sales value represents sales as at 17 December 2018.
- Cycle 9 2018 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the ninth sales cycle of 2018.
- Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis.Auction 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.
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