Diamond prices are expected to hit new highs over the next 12 months as the great divide between supply and demand widens. Prices would increase by up to 10% over the next year as the industry attempted to “balance the market”, according to respected international diamond expert, South African-based James Allan, Principal of Allan Hochreiter [...]

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Diamond prices are expected to hit new highs over the next 12 months as the great divide between supply and demand widens. Prices would increase by up to 10% over the next year as the industry attempted to “balance the market”, according to respected international diamond expert, South African-based James Allan, Principal of Allan Hochreiter [...]

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UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, has signed a co-operation agreement with the government of Russia’s Saratov region for the construction of a major energy and metals complex. The complex will include a significant expansion of the Balakovsky nuclear power plant, with UC RUSAL building the fifth and sixth reactor blocks, [...]

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