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Diamond sector transformation in Angola approaches major milestone achievement

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
January 16, 2019
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The significant diamond sector reforms being enacted by the President of Angola, His Excellency Joao Lourenco, to grow investment into the Angolan mining sector, will take another major step forward this month.

The inaugural competitive bid sale of large and premium-quality diamonds from Lucapa Diamond Company’s (and partners) high-quality Lulo diamond mine will take place in Luanda.

The sale will mark a significant milestone for the Angolan diamond mining industry, being the first diamonds offered for sale in a competitive process under the new diamond marketing policy enacted by President Lourenco and the Angolan Council of Ministers.

The historic Lulo competitive bid sale, which is scheduled to close on 31 January 2019, is being organised in Luanda by SODIAM, the state-owned company responsible for the trading of diamonds in Angola.

The new diamond marketing reforms have generated significant interest from some of the world’s leading diamantaires and large stone manufacturers, who will participate in the inaugural event.

Seven exceptional Lulo diamonds, showcasing some of the high-quality production of Angola, will be offered individually, including a 46 carat pink and six top-colour Type IIa white gems ranging from 114 carats to 43 carats.

The diamonds are being offered for sale by Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML), which holds the alluvial mining licence to the prolific Lulo concession in Angola’s diamond-rich Lunda Norte region.

SML boasts the world’s highest average US$ per carat alluvial diamond production.

SML is a successful and long-running partnership between ASX-listed Lulo mine operator Lucapa Diamond Company, Angolan diamond mining company, Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (Endiama) and local partner, Rosas & Petalas.

The new diamond marketing policy is among the measures being introduced by President Lourenco’s government to increase foreign direct investment into Angola’s diamond sector.

Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Diamantino Azevedo, states:

“It is a unique moment of great importance that marks the turning point in the trading of diamonds in our country, reflecting greater flexibility and transparency in this sensitive and vital industry for our economy.”

Laureano Receado Paulo, ENDIAMA’S strategic planning and mining operations executive, adds:

“The tender means transparency in the trading of diamonds and it is an inducement for attracting several investors in the diamond sub-sector. In this way, Angola’s diamonds will be increasingly valued, sold at fair prices, maximising revenues and concomitantly increasing the tax contribution to the state.”

“This event in the national diamond sub-sector, reinforces – with local businessmen, foreign direct investors and all the agents within the international diamond industry – a commitment to transparency. This commitment is necessary for the sustainable development of the national diamond industry, so that foreign investors look at the Angolan market and its agents as credible partners for the development of new projects,” says Eugénio Bravo da Rosa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SODIAM.

“Together with our Angolan partners, Lucapa is delighted that SML will now start showcasing these exceptional diamonds to the strong interest shown by the world’s leading diamantaires,” Stephen Wetherall, Lucapa Diamond CEO, concludes.

Source: Mining Review Africa

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