Photo by: Creamer Media's Donna Slater
Diamond group De Beers officially opened its new South Africanrough diamond sorting, valuation and sales facility on May 19. Located in Kempton Park, the Sightholder Sales South Africa facilitycomprises two floors and houses sightholder offices, hand and machine sorting areas, a training academy and a diamond cleaning plant. In January, De Beers announced plans to relocate its sightholder sales activities in South Africa from Kimberley, where it has been operating since 1974, to Gauteng. Photograph: Creamer Media Chief Photographer Donna Slater