Diamond industry stuck holding gems; Supply worth billions of dollars has not moved during COVID-19

摘要

COUNT THE DIAMOND industry among those devastated by the COVID-19 outbreak. Bloomberg reported that because of restrictions on travel and in-person meetings, diamonds and gems worth billions of dollars have remained in storage for months. DeBeers and Alrosa are among the companies trying to figure out how to move some of the stockpile without undermining the nascent recovery.