De Beers’ Rough Diamond Sales Improve Slightly
The diamond miner and marketer said “solid” holiday sales in the U.S. helped stabilize the industry.

Sales totaled $370 million, down about 19 percent from the first sales cycle of 2023 ($454 million), but a marked improvement from the end of the year, when sales totaled only $137 million.
“Solid consumer demand for diamonds in the United States over the year-end holiday season has certainly helped to stabilize the industry and we are seeing polished diamond prices increasing again,” CEO Al Cook said.
“Combined with the restart of rough diamond imports into India, this has led to demand for rough diamonds increasing substantially in the first sales cycle of 2024.”
After a banner year in 2022, De Beers’ rough diamond sales began to falter in spring 2023 as natural diamond demand came down from pandemic highs and lab-grown diamonds gained market share.
Players in the mid-stream found themselves overstocked for the environment amid falling polished diamond prices.
By the fall, De Beers was pulling back on sales in earnest. It canceled the remainder of online auctions for the rest of the year and allowed sightholders to purchase as much or as little as they needed.
In September, diamond industry leaders in India called for a two-month moratorium on rough diamond imports, beginning Oct. 15 and ultimately ending in mid-December.
De Beers finished 2023 with sales totaling $3.63 billion, down 37 percent from the year prior.
Looking ahead to 2024, Cook described the environment as “uncertain.”
He said, “As the prospects for economic growth in many major economies remain uncertain, we expect that it may take some time for rough diamond demand to fully recover.”
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