Adding BHP's 80 % stake in Ekati to would make Harry Winston a significant force
in global diamond production.
The auction comes
as global diamond demand slipped 2 percent last year, with total polished diamond sales falling to $ 79 billion from $ 81 billion in 2014, De Beers, the largest producer, said in an April report.
At the time,
the global diamond industry had become red - hot.
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the global diamond supply chain.
Yet
this global diamond centre's far from any mine.
But
the global diamond industry is vast, and rogue elements trade rough of dubious origin where they can.
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