Market headwinds drag ODC sales down 35%
Friday, October 30, 2015
In the period January to September, ODC sold 1.64 million carats of rough valued at $303 million.
According to ODC deputy managing director, Marcus ter Haar this represented a 35 percent drop in the value of rough stones sold in the same period last year, which stood at $463 million.
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