Diamond Trade Brings In Optimism
Monday, March 30th, 2009Diamond traders feel that there’s cause to rejoice with the sale of diamonds going up a bit. A few weeks ago, there was so much gloom in the market and it seemed like people had slowed down considerably when it came to diamonds – even diamond rings. However, the prices now seem to be stabilising and there’s a lot of focus on the BaselWorld Show which began last week. While no-one is raising their hopes too high, there does seem to be fresh winds of good cheers blowing through the corridors of the diamond trade. There seems to be a renewed interest in the higher end diamonds and much of the buying is in the area of stones that are 1 carat and more so there are the better quality diamond engagement rings that are obviously being bought. There has been a marginal increase in the sale of small stones too recently and most of all, any upturn in the market seems to light hope in the hearts of all those who are connected with this trade.
Belgium, Israel, India – the places where the cutting, polishing and trading are done all say that the past few days have brought in a bit of optimism. However, everyone is prepared for a long haul back to any degree of normalcy and many mines have cut down on mining and production to keep the supply of diamonds into the mainstream low. Some of them have even had to sell of some of their assets with the global meltdown. One hopes however that stability will come back to this market very soon.


