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De Beers Sight Opens with Viewings in Antwerp
De Beers has been holding sight viewings in Antwerp this week as part of its move to offer goods in locations
News Jun 17, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Offering Sight Goods Outside Botswana
De Beers will hold viewings of sight goods in locations other than Botswana, enabling customers to access the company’s
News Jun 02, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Suspends Applications for Sight Contracts
De Beers has paused the application process for its new sightholder contract due to the impact of COVID-19
News May 05, 2020 Rapaport News
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De Beers Offers 100% Deferrals at May Sight
De Beers is allowing rough-diamond customers to skip all purchases at next week’s sight, as shutdowns of manufacturing and retail markets
News Apr 30, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Cancels March-April Sight
De Beers has called off this week’s sight in Botswana, citing restrictions resulting from measures to contain the
News Mar 30, 2020 Rapaport News
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De Beers Enables 100% Deferrals at March Sight
De Beers is allowing sightholders unlimited deferrals at its upcoming rough-diamond sale as manufacturing closures have obliterated demand, market
News Mar 26, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Sight Still On Despite Travel Ban
De Beers’ upcoming sight in Botswana will still take place despite the country’s ban on arrivals from the
News Mar 18, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Sales Fall as Virus Impacts Sentiment
De Beers’ rough-diamond sales declined 28% year on year to $355 million in February as the coronavirus hit demand.Many sightholders
News Mar 04, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Reveals Overhaul of Sight System
De Beers plans to split sightholders into three categories and offer each group a more bespoke selection of rough
News Mar 01, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Lets Sightholders Defer Chinese Goods
De Beers has allowed clients to forgo buying certain rough diamonds at this week’s sight, as the coronavirus outbreak
News Feb 26, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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Virus Likely to Impact Demand at De Beers Sight
De Beers and its clients expect a slowdown in rough-diamond sales at the company's Botswana sight this week amid
News Feb 25, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Sales Rise to Nine-Month High
De Beers’ January rough-diamond sales reached their highest level since last April as post-holiday stock replenishment boosted
News Jan 29, 2020 Rapaport News
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De Beers Plans Overhaul of Supply Policy
De Beers plans to abandon its practice of using sightholders’ purchase history as the main factor in determining how it allocates
News Jan 23, 2020 Joshua Freedman
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Profit Margins Improve at $425M De Beers Sale
De Beers’ rough sales totaled $425 million in December, the highest since April, as lower price levels and
News Dec 18, 2019 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Rough Prices Decline 5% in 2019
A drop in rough-diamond prices and a sales shift to lower-value items weighed on De Beers’ profitability in the second half, according
News Dec 16, 2019 Rapaport News
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De Beers Ends Special Supply Measures
Rough-diamond buyers are anticipating an improvement in sales at next week’s De Beers sight, as the miner is withdrawing concessions that
News Dec 05, 2019 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Announces 2020 Sight Schedule
De Beers has released the dates of the 10 sights it will hold in Gaborone, Botswana, next year. The miner
News Nov 18, 2019 Rapaport News
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De Beers Reduces Prices at November Sight
Sightholders welcomed De Beers’ decision to lower prices at this week’s rough-diamond sale, but noted that further discounts
News Nov 06, 2019 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Sales Drop in Slow Rough Market
De Beers’ sales slumped to $295 million in September as the miner continued to allow sightholders to refuse goods in the prevailing
News Oct 03, 2019 Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Lets Clients Reject 50% of Goods
De Beers will allow sightholders to refuse more rough diamonds than usual at this week’s sight, aiming to ease
News Aug 18, 2019 Joshua Freedman
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