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The De Beers diamonds antitrust class action sought to end an alleged 60-year conspiracy to fix the price of rough diamonds in the U.S. by the De Beers group of companies. The litigation includes several cases including Hopkins v. De Beers Centenary A.G., et al., No. CGC-04-432954, which commenced on July 24, 2004, and Sullivan v.
The De Beers diamond exhibition had many jewels on display, including the Millennium Star, a flawless 203.04-carat (40.608 g) gem with an estimated worth of £200 million (equivalent to £425 million in 2023 [1]) and considered one of the most perfect gems in the world. Also on display were priceless blue diamonds. [2]
In 2000, the De Beers business model changed [45] because of factors such as the decision by producers in Canada and Australia to distribute diamonds outside the De Beers channel, [19] [44] as well as increasingly negative publicity surrounding blood diamonds, which forced De Beers to protect its image by limiting sales to its own mined ...
De Beers tried its hand at growing a lab-grown diamond jewelry business for six years before ditching it earlier this year. But a segment of that failed attempt has flourished—and it has nothing ...
Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, terrorism, or a warlord's activity. The term is used to highlight the negative consequences of the diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an ...
Waning demand for natural diamonds has helped lift De Beers's inventory to $2 billion, the most since the 2008 financial crash, according to the Financial Times. In fact, the value of the diamond ...
Several international supermodels, including Iman, Lily Cole and Erin O'Connor, who were previously involved with advertising for the companies' diamonds, have backed down after realizing the consequences raised by this scandal, and now support the campaign. [20] De Beers sold its Botswana mine to Gem Diamonds in 2007. [21]
De Beers has accumulated the biggest stockpile of diamonds since 2008, the Financial Times reported. Weak demand and rising competition from lab-grown products are weighing on the diamond titan.