In May, De Beers reported sales of just $35 million, compared to the $416 million it sold the same time last year. Worldwide, the five biggest mining companies are probably sitting on excess inventories worth about $3.5 billion, according to analytics firm Gemdex. This could reach $4.5 billion of unsold stock by the end of the year, or about one-third of annual rough-diamond production.
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