Interesting news30 Sep 2019 14:11
A body representing eight leading global diamond mining companies sees diamond production coming down by 33 per cent going ahead with 10 per cent of the production expected to come down next year (2020). A gradual fall in production will also result in better prices for the precious stone.
Australian mine Argyle has decided to close a mine, in which diamond reserves are depleting, which will knock off 10 per cent of annual world production by 2020.
Last year mines produced 150 million carat rough diamonds globally, which was the highest since 2008, when the output was 163 million carat. The all-time high is 177 million carat, reported in 2005.
The drastic fall, which began after the global financial crisis in 2008, is now behind, but with no new mines on cards and reserves in old mines getting exhausted by 2030, production will come down to 100 million carat.
The reduction in production to a third from current levels over a decade means that a diamond would get its “true value”, says Diamond Producers Association (DPA). It takes almost a decade to identify a diamond mine as much time to develop it. Even if a mine is going through in this process, no new production is expected in the next decade.