International miner Petra Diamonds predicts continued positive momentum in diamond markets despite an anticipated pull-back in prices resulting from the economic impact on the Ukraine war.
Petra credits strong operational, cost and safety performance amid the strong prices for a 33% increase in March qtr (Q3FY22) revenue, from $106M a year earlier, despite lower diamond sales of 735,225ct (Q3FY21: 1.07Mct) from its single Q3 tender.
The company’s Project 2022 investment in higher throughput is now expected to deliver of $200M over the three years to end-June this year, up from its prior target of $100-150M.