(ehudlaniado.com) - The large supply of rough diamonds by De Beers and ALROSA is estimated at $1 billion, the second cycle in a row of such large supplies in a market with a few specific shortages and demands. The secondary market’s response to this supply was nothing short of surprising. Instead of the mid-size and smaller companies demonstrating more caution in light of the current situation, it was they who displayed the strongest purchasing force. What we are seeing is a group of manufacturers buying enormous amounts of rough at very high and unprofitable prices, which will yield less than needed polished, using credit they may have difficulty paying off because the prices they’ll be able to achieve for the polished can only be low…
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