Sightholder
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A sightholder is a company on the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales's (DBGSS) list of authorized bulk purchasers of rough diamonds. De Beers Group made this list, the second largest miner of diamonds. DBGSS was previously known as DTC (Diamond Trading Company). In May 2006, DTC released a list of the 93 sightholders on its website.
The DTC Sightholder list was further reduced to 79 companies worldwide in December 2007. The list of selected companies for the 2008-2011 contract period was published in April 2008.[1][failed verification]
In 2015, De Beers introduced the Accredited Buyers allowing companies that were not traditional Sightholders to access diamonds that were not allocated to existing Sightholders.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Customer Directory". www.dtcsightholderdirectory.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Golan, Edahn (17 July 2014). "Sightholders Take Note, De Beers Has a New Group of Clients". IDEX Online (industry news). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Graff, Michelle (5 August 2014). "De Beers expanding rough customer base". National Jeweler (industry news). Retrieved 14 November 2024.