olivieroelier18 Jul 2009 16:32
If your into this sector what do you make of african diamond (AFD) ???
Ive watched them for a long time but never bought in because the company just dosent seem to be able to make any progress developing the diamondfields its sitting on. Its jumped 50% though in the last 2 days, not sure why, if something is pending there thats a company that could be worth absolute fortunes. Its sitting on one of the highest grade diamondfields in the whole world, de beers hold a part interest though and seem to be restricting them from starting production, maybe due to the economic climate not being viable, but seems to have been 'pending' for about 6 years now. Im starting to worry about missing the boat there if that ones heating up, wishing id took a small position at 20p.
Diamonds as a commodity in my opinion are a better play than gold. Hate to keep harping on about it but the demand from asia pacific will be explosive as their wealth status catches up to the west.
A lot of my portfolio now if focused on diamond & uranium plays but i feel very comfortable with this.