Experts in the mining and processing of diamonds predict that shortly there will be a shortage of the world's most expensive mineral. In 10 years, the demand for diamonds will be 2 times higher than supply, while production will remain at the same level, specialists are sure, according to ITAR-TASS.
Henry Krohmal, co-owner of the Belgian company Krohmal end Lieber, specializing in diamond polishing and polishing, told the journalists in St. Petersburg about the trends in the diamond and diamonds market. Last week he took part in the presentation of a collection of exclusive diamonds, which was brought to St. Petersburg by the world famous jewelry house Korloff. By some estimates, by 2020, the global demand for rough diamonds will reach $ 20 billion, while the supply will not exceed $ 9 billion at the current rate.
"Diamond production will not increase - more than we can not get now," says Krohmal. He explained that "in the world practically no new deposits are discovered, and those that are recently discovered, for example in Russia, allow to extract only technical diamonds that can not be used for making jewelry."
The demand for diamonds and diamonds will grow, as expected, due to actively developing countries - China, India and Brazil.