While the majority of diamonds appear colorless or have only a slight yellow tint, the world’s most famous diamonds — among them, the blue Hope diamond and the Moussaieff red diamond — are colored. These colored diamonds make up just 2 percent of all diamonds and regularly fetch higher prices than those that are colorless. But how do colored diamonds compare to their less flashy counterparts? And should investors look to them as a sound investment?
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Antofagasta Q3 copper output up 7%, annual guidance maintained
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