Canadian diamond company Dominion Diamond Corporation has announced its production results in the Diavik mine (Diavik) for the third quarter of calendar year 2016. Processing volumes increased by 22% compared to the same period the previous year, primarily due to the higher availability of ore, in particular of the tube A-418 - due to poor soil conditions.
In the third quarter of 2016 diamonds were extracted by 22% more than the same period in 2015, due to higher volumes of processing. In the third quarter of last year, about 40 000 carats were produced from nerazmelchennoy-ore.
Total third-quarter 2016 Diavik mine was produced 1.54 million carats against 1.27 million carats in the same period in 2015.
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As a result, holiday season sales in the US, which was better than expected and amid still sluggish demand in Asia, the price of colored diamonds have been stable and have grown by an average of 0.3% during the 4th quarter of 2015, according Fancy Color Diamond index index.
The best performance was in the segment of fancy yellow diamonds, prices which rose by 1.1%. Among the categories of fancy yellow diamonds size prices 3-carat diamonds and 5-carat diamonds increased by 2.7% and 4.4% respectively. Most likely, this is due to the fact that the diamonds of which receive these diamonds are poorly represented in the tenders of rough diamonds, according to Foundation for the fancy colored diamonds (Fancy Color Research Foundation, FCRF) .
Among the other colors of diamonds the most active growth of prices in the 4th quarter showed a fancy vivid blue and vivid pink diamonds - by 4.4% and 3.7%, respectively. Overall, the segment fancy blue diamond a slight reduction in prices after a sharp increase in the previous two calendar quarters. Market is a clear preference for fancy diamonds of bright and saturated colors to fancy stones lighter shades, for which demand has decreased slightly, said FCRF.
In annual terms - in comparison with the 4th quarter of 2014 - the price index of Fancy Color Diamond Index remained almost unchanged. Prices for blue fancy diamonds rose by 1.7%, on pink fancy diamonds - by 0.5%, while prices for yellow fancy diamonds fell by 1.8%. Prices for fancy diamonds all bright and rich colors have shown steady growth, which was partially offset by lower prices for other colored diamonds in fancy category.
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