DTC raises prices of rough in 'bullish' climate

De Beers marketing and selling arm, the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), has begun to increase prices of rough as recovery in the diamond market continues, a DTC Botswana spokesman says in an interview.

Although Kago Mmopi of DTC Botswana will not shed light on the exact amount of the price increases, he says "there has been some incremental adjustments to DTC box prices over the past few sights and a further and higher single-digit increase for Sight 2."

Industry sources say DTC has increased its prices by seven to nine percent at its February sale (Sight2) that was held last week and which Mmopi says performed according to expectations and was vastly better than last year's for the same period.

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