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Global Sightholder Sales

Our Global Sightholder Sales team relocated from London to the Botswana capital of Gaborone in 2013. Rough diamonds are sent to Gaborone from De Beers Group’s operations in Canada, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, after being sorted into more than 10,000 categories.

Global Sightholder Sales hosts sales 10 times a year that are known as ‘Sights’ because, during the sales period, customers are able to inspect the rough diamonds offered to them before deciding what to buy.

There are two types of customer in Global Sightholder Sales: Sightholders and Accredited Buyers. Sightholders benefit from a term contract covering the sale of diamonds over an agreed period, whereas Accredited Buyers have a more ad hoc arrangement.

10
Sights per year
90%
Of diamond sales, by value
2
Customer Types