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Vladivostok auction purse $9,65mn from 121 diamonds including 58.92 & 41.48 carats! Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond miner, discloses the results of the diamond auction in Vladivostok which took place. The total revenue from the sale of special size diamonds (+10.8 carats) exceeds $9.65 million. 29 companies from Belgium, India, Israel, the UAE, the USA, Hong Kong and Russia participated in the auction. A total of 150 diamonds with a total weight of 2481.9 carats were presented. 121 stones (2030.32 carats) were sold. There were two especially large diamonds sold, 58.92 and 41.48 carats. This diamond auction again showed decent results. We selected the stones of good color and quality, and got high revenues about $10 million. This is a good result, and we plan to further develop our sales here, said Evgeny Agureev, member of the Executive Committee, Director of the United Selling Organization of Alrosa. In 2019, the company is going to h...

Alrosa, a global leader in diamond mining, held an auction in Vladivostok for special size rough diamonds (over 10.8 carats). The overall revenue amounted to $9.1 mn. The company sold 125 rough diamonds with total weight of 2,090 carats; 24 firms from the largest centers of diamond trade were recognized as winners in different auction positions. “The first auction this year in Vladivostok completed with good results. The assortment is still in demand among the market participants from the largest centers of world diamond trade. I believe that interest in Vladivostok as a promising trading platform will only grow,” Evgeny Agureev, Member of the Management Board, Director of the United Selling Organization at Alrosa, said. The schedule of Alrosa’s international auctions for special size rough diamonds includes four auctions in Vladivostok in 2019. The next auction will take place there in April; two more are scheduled for July and September.