The Russian miner’s total sales slid 50% to $170.5 million for the month, it reported Friday. Rough-diamond sales, which account for the bulk of the company’s revenue, dropped 51% to $164.6 million. Polished sales increased 11% to $5.9 million. Previously, the lowest monthly total was $176.3 million in December 2016, according to Rapaport records. Alrosa has released its results every month since August 2016.
The decline resulted from an oversupply in the midstream, as manufacturers were unable to offload stones due to weak demand. “This factor was exacerbated by [the] low availability of credit facilities…in the midstream [and] trade tensions between [the] US and China,” explained Evgeny Agureev, director of Alrosa’s United Selling Organization.
“Recent statistics on the net imports of rough diamonds to India and net export of polished diamonds [out of that country] suggest that the diamond market is gradually coming back to supply-demand balance,” Agureev added.
У продаж дно, но прошлое дно было в декабре 16 года и тогда цена была в районе 97. Эскалация торговой войны в перспективе будет продолжать сдерживать любой рост в этой бумаге, а в понедельник ещё МСФО, как-то рискованно покупать. С другой стороны, избы загоняют в покупку возле 70 (цена с нулём сильнее) и на отскоке могут быть попытки разогнать цену. Неопределённость какая-то)