Angola Q1 sales of 2.6 million carats!
Registers
diamond sales
worth
of US$ 368mn
The
gross revenue from the sale of diamonds and ornamental stones was 368 million
US dollars during the first quarter (Q1) of this year, with sales of 2.6
million karats. In this period, revenues of US $ 106,572 million (40.7 percent)
and 31.5 percent of total carat sales were registered, compared to the quarter
of 2018.
According
to data presented, by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, two
million carats (94.6%) are diamonds of kimberlitic origin and 143.398 carats of
alluvial origin.
The
information, presented during the analysis of the activities of the first
quarter of this year, indicates that diamonds traded in the balance sheet date
come from the provinces of Lunda Sul (93.6 percent) and Lunda Norte (6.4
percent).
On
the sidelines of the act that also planned the market for diamonds and
ornamental stones for the second quarter of this year, the Secretary of State
for Mines, Jânio Correia Victor, said that the sale increased by 31.5 percent.
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