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De Beers Optimistic After 2019 Earnings Slump
De Beers gave a positive outlook for 2020 due to an improvement in the industry’s inventory situation, despite growing concerns
News Feb 20, 2020 Rapaport News
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De Beers Scores Partial CVD Patent Victory
A court has awarded a limited victory to De Beers’ synthetic-diamond production unit in a patent dispute with Singapore-based grower IIa
News Feb 09, 2020 Rapaport News
De Beers Veneita
Higher Costs Hit De Beers Profit
De Beers’ earnings fell in 2018 due to the costs of new initiatives such as its Lightbox synthetics business. Underlying
News Feb 21, 2019 Rapaport News
Lightbox
De Beers’ Lightbox Chief Reveals 2019 Plans
De Beers shocked the industry in May by announcing it would launch a line of fashion jewelry featuring laboratory-grown diamonds. Lightbox
News Dec 27, 2018 Joshua Freedman
Element Six 150
De Beers Begins Building $94M Synthetics Center
De Beers subsidiary Element Six has started work on its new $94 million lab-grown-diamond facility just outside
News Jun 28, 2018 Rapaport News
De Beers Earnings Fall 150
De Beers Production to Peak in 2018
De Beers expects its production to hit a high point in 2018 as a number of its mines approach the end of their
News Feb 22, 2018 Joshua Freedman
De Beers Orapa mine
Weaker Product Mix Dents De Beers Sales
De Beers’ revenue fell in the first half of 2017 as restocking by Indian manufacturers resulted in the miner selling a greater
News Jul 27, 2017 Rapaport News
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De Beers 2015 Earnings -58% as Rough Demand Falls
De Beers underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) slumped 58 percent to $571 million in 2015 as demand for
News Feb 16, 2016 Rapaport News
IIa Technologies
IIa Technologies Denies Infringement of Element Six Patents, Vows to Fight Claims
Lab-grown diamond producer IIa Technologies denied it infringed on patents owned by a De Beers company and vowed to “challenge the
News Jan 24, 2016 Rapaport News
Element Six
De Beers Subsidiary Starts Legal Action Against IIa Technologies for Patent Violation
Element Six, De Beers' synthetics business, began legal action January 12 in Singapore against IIa Technologies, alleging an infringement
News Jan 13, 2016 Rapaport News
De Beers Diamond Sorting
De Beers Revenue +15% to $4B
Anglo American's group underlying earnings rose 3 percent to $1.284 billion for the first half that ended
News Jul 25, 2014 Jeff Miller
harwell oxford
Element Six Prepares to Open at the Global Innovation Center
Element Six will soon open its consolidated synthetic diamond research and development facility at the Global
News Jul 08, 2013 Jeff Miller
Element Six Technologies
Element Six Acquires Assets, Property of Group4 Labs
Element Six acquired the assets and intellectual property of Group4 Labs Inc., a semiconductor wafer materials company
News May 29, 2013 Jeff Miller
quantum network
Element Six, Delft Reach Milestone for a Diamond Quantum Network
Element Six, in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, achieved the entanglement of electron spin qubits (quantum bits)
News May 03, 2013 Jeff Miller
Element Six Technologies
Element Six Reveals New Boron-Doped Synthetic Diamond Electrode
Element Six, a subsidiary of De Beers, engineered DIAFILM EA (electroanalysis grade) in collaboration with The University of Warwick. The free-standing,
News Mar 18, 2013 Jeff Miller
diamond speakers
Element Six Names Walter Huhn as CEO
The board of Element Six, a De Beers Group company, appointed Walter Hühn as the company's CEO, effective March
News Feb 27, 2013 Jeff Miller
DTC Botswana Building
De Beers Group Sales -16%, Earnings -49% in 2012
De Beers group sales fell 16 percent to $6.1 billion in 2012 as rough diamond prices dropped 12 percent during the
News Feb 15, 2013 Avi Krawitz
synthetic
Element Six Opens Manufacturing Facility in California
Element Six, an independently operated firm owned by De Beers and Umicore, opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility
News May 23, 2012 Jeff Miller
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