Five stories on the
industry’s radar this week:

– Polished prices hit record. DTC
sight prices up 12 percent.

– Fascinating story about a
man who scouts for diamonds on 47^th Street.

– More on De Beers’ reported
10-year deal with Botswana.

– Latest Alrosa board moves
signal it won’t be going public.

– Voice of America has a pretty good overview over the current problems with Zimbabwe and the Kimberley Process. (See updates on KP on the robbatesjck twitter feed.)

JCK