The management of BlueRock Diamonds decided to restrict operations at Kareevlei until the 3rd of January 2022 due to an outbreak of COVID-19 infections among personnel, the company said in an update announced on Wednesday.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has blown the lid off more than $ 88.82 mn money laundering racket involving diamantaires from Surat and Hong Kong, according to a report in Free Press Journal.
The Russian Federation Ministry of Finance reported that gold production in Russia in January-October amounted to 291.98 tons (January-October 2020 – 288.98 tons), including mining – 249.98 tons (January- October 2020 – 247.92 tons).
The total projected sales volume organized by Christie's auction house in 2021 amounted to $7.1 (£5.2) billion, which is 54% higher than in 2020 and 22% higher than in 2019, and is also the highest figure in the last five years.
Summing up the results of the financial and economic activities of ALROSA in 2021, Aisen Nikolaev, Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Sergey Ivanov, CEO of ALROSA said that the company achieved record sales, doubled dividend payments.