News Snapshot:
De Beers sold $510m of diamonds in the sixth cycle compared with $477m in the fifth and $116m for the same period last year at the height of the Covid pandemic. The miner said the second-half outlook remained positive, based on the strength of diamond jewellery sales, subject to continued coronavirus-related impacts. Anglo American said the figures were provisional due to a change in its approach to diamond sales because of pandemic-related movement restrictions around the globe.
