From carats to peanuts: how a pandemic upended the global diamond industry

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As the coronavirus pandemic upended the global diamond industry, shuttering mines from Lesotho to Canada and disrupting supply chains, Rajen Patel ...

As the coronavirus pandemic upended the global diamond industry, shuttering mines from Lesotho to Canada and disrupting supply chains, Rajen Patel swapped diamond polishing for peanut farming. Employees work at a diamond jewellery manufacturing factory in Mumbai, India, August 7, 2020. Picture taken August 7, 2020.

For an interactive graphic, click https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DIAMONDS/azgvokyywvd/index.html For an interactive graphic click here https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DIAMONDS/jznvnkmegpl/index.html "There is real opportunity within the diamond business as a whole to modernise the sales system," said Lucara CEO Eira Thomas. Lucara has also set up an online diamond sales platform.

 

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