Global Diamond Production Declines

Submitted by AA Zimbabwe on Fri, 2012-08-10 08:57

[The Herald]Global diamond output in 2011 declined by 3,4 percent to 123, 989 million carats from 128,3 million carats the year before, latest statistics from the Kimberley Process show. The diamond industry has been struggling as major mines in top producing countries begin to age, coupled with the economic crisis in the eurozone, which has sapped demand.

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