India slowdown cramps De Beers sales

This was revealed in the latest sales report by De Beers in which the diamond miner projects that provisional fourth quarter sales will reach $380 million (P5.17 billion), which is a fall from last year’s Q4 sales of $479 million.

Al Cook, CEO for the group whose parent Anglo American is a subject of unsolicited takeover bid from rival BHP, said Friday the slowdown is part of a projected downward motion for the diamond market pushed by market pressures and a slowing down of the Indian economy due to elections.