USD / BWP (Live)13.4522live FX◆VDR Gold Spot · Live$4,604.40/oz-0.62% · VDR live composite◆VDR Platinum Spot · Live$1,887.00/oz-0.12% · VDR live composite◆VDR Silver Spot · Live$69.11/oz+0.07% · VDR live composite◆1ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$7,917/ctVDR composite◆3ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$18,879/ctVDR composite◆10ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$73,080/ctVDR composite◆Botswana Pride Medallion · Pre-Order$71,58944 of 60 left worldwide◆Rough Index84.39-0.48%◆Global Polished Index84.97-0.34%◆Industry Price Index 1ct$4,146-15.47% YoY◆Botswana Market Avg$101/ctQ1 2026◆Botswana Market Carats Sold3.2M+8%◆Next Major SightSight 62026-07-06◆State Marketer Contracts32Feb 2026◆Botswana Feb ExportsBWP 3,860M+31.9%◆USD / BWP (Live)13.4522live FX◆VDR Gold Spot · Live$4,604.40/oz-0.62% · VDR live composite◆VDR Platinum Spot · Live$1,887.00/oz-0.12% · VDR live composite◆VDR Silver Spot · Live$69.11/oz+0.07% · VDR live composite◆1ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$7,917/ctVDR composite◆3ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$18,879/ctVDR composite◆10ct D IF Polished (Best Quality)$73,080/ctVDR composite◆Botswana Pride Medallion · Pre-Order$71,58944 of 60 left worldwide◆Rough Index84.39-0.48%◆Global Polished Index84.97-0.34%◆Industry Price Index 1ct$4,146-15.47% YoY◆Botswana Market Avg$101/ctQ1 2026◆Botswana Market Carats Sold3.2M+8%◆Next Major SightSight 62026-07-06◆State Marketer Contracts32Feb 2026◆Botswana Feb ExportsBWP 3,860M+31.9%◆
The Provenance · Edition 003 · 2026-08-15
Diamonds Crack, Copper Bites
The diamond business is discovering a nasty truth about modern commodities: once consumers believe two products do the same job, the cheaper one does not merely take share. It rewrites the meaning of the expensive one.…
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VDR Rough Diamond Indexindex
84.39
84.06-0.39%
Gold$/USD/oz
$4,604.4
4,606.51-0.57%
Platinum$/USD/oz
$1,887
1,878.81-0.55%
Palladium$/USD/oz
$1,371
1,347.7-1.07%
Silver$/USD/oz
$69.11
68.32-1.07%
Copper$/USD/lb
$6.47
6.57+0.72%
Aluminum$/USD/t
$3,398.75
3,502.09+0.56%
WTI Crude Oil$/USD/bbl
$87.06
87.86+0.92%
Brent Crude$/USD/bbl
$94.39
95.22+0.87%
Natural Gas$/USD/MMBtu
$2.81
2.76-0.57%
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