DRC: 2.8 million carats of diamond produced in the 1st quarter of 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 2 million 890,000 carats of diamonds in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2 million 984,000 carats of diamonds in the same period in 2021, according to data from the Central Bank of Congo (BCC) in its summary of statistical information. from June 2022.
Of this volume produced, there are 1 million 235,000 carats of industrial diamonds and 1 million 655,000 carats of artisanal diamonds.
In 2021, annual diamond production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was estimated at 13 million 222,000 carats of diamonds, including 7 million 51,000 carats of industrial diamonds and 6 million 170,000 carats of artisanal diamonds.
