Antwerp World Diamond Center (the AWDC) has published statistics of the Belgian the diamond trade in the first nine months of 2016 (January-September), which shows a decrease in both volume and value of imports and exports of diamonds, along with an increase in the volume and value of imports and exports of diamonds.
Polished diamond exports from the country in this period reached 4.17 million carats worth $ 9.33 billion, a decrease, respectively, 9.64% and 8.68% year on year. Imports also declined, reaching 4.73 million carats (falling year on year by 9.16%) and $ 10.18 billion (decrease year on year to 9.44%).
Diamond exports for the first nine months increased year by year to 14.73% in real terms, to 80.75 million carats, and increased by 12.43% in terms of money, up to $ 9.82 billion.
Diamond imports for the period amounted to 69, 86 million carats to 11.66% compared with the previous year, and $ 9.29 billion in value, increasing by 7.86% yoY.
Diamond imports and exports in September showed a significant increase compared with the previous year: exports increased by 26.04% in volume, to $ 10.78 million carats, and by as much as 60.92% in value, reaching $ 1.42 billion imports. diamonds also increased significantly, amounting to 10.16 million carats worth $ 870 million, showing an increase of 45.61% and 39.07%, respectively.
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Botswana Diamonds has started the procedure of obtaining a conditional £ 458,655 through a private placement of 53,950,000 ordinary shares at a price of 0.85 pounds each. This means the company plans to invest in exploration in Botswana.
Funds will also be used by the company to obtain additional working capital, the company said in a statement sent to Rough & Polished.
The company is part owner of 27 licenses in Botswana, 14 of which are located in regions Orapa (Orapa) and PIMU (Gope). In addition, 50% of a joint venture owned by Russia's Alrosa, the world's largest diamond mining company in terms of production.
Basically Botswana Diamonds is focused on the joint venture, which has received and reviewed a large number of plots in the past 1.5 years and has conducted drilling at two separate license areas in the Orapa.
The company noted that each new share, which is located on the stock exchange, gives the right to purchase one new common share for up to three years from December 24, the expected date of placement of shares.
In Botswana Diamonds also reported a repayment of £ 86 661 in favor of a number of directors of the company through a conditional placement of 10.19 million shares.
The company said that the debt arose due to non-payment of Directors' fees.
Thus, the company issued a total of 64,140,000 shares, each of which also gives the opportunity to purchase an additional share, a total cost of £ 545 316.
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