Diamond Trading Company Botswana Image credit: Bloomberg
(weekendpost.co.bw) - “As the situation around the world continues to evolve rapidly, we have been speaking with our customers to understand their requirements. While this is an extraordinary situation, our customers continue to express their desire for the Sight to proceed. We are therefore focused on standing with our customers, meeting their requirements and proceeding with Sight 3.” This is the most functional paragraph in a De Beers release announcing that Sight 3 will proceed amid coronavirus fears. According to American business media outlet, Bloomberg, De Beers is currently struggling with how to conduct diamond sales because key customers are blocked from travelling, let alone entre Botswana. The next sight is scheduled to start on the 30th of March. “Our intention remains to hold the sight, in line with the desire for it to go ahead as expressed by customers, but we are developing a suite of contingency plans in the event that it is not possible to hold the sight in the usual manner,” De Beers told Bloomberg this week.
