To arrest a slump in sales, De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, in December cut diamond prices by 10 to 15 per cent, a reduction that increased the drop in the price of polished stones to 35 per cent over two years. Why is De Beers struggling so much its parent company in February wrote down its value by US$2.9
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