[miningmx.com] – DE BEERS has launched an investigation into how its price book which contains secret diamond valuation and customer data could have been leaked into the market, said BDLive.
“The company is taking it very seriously, which is why we immediately launched a full-scale internal and external investigation,” De Beers spokeswoman Lynette Gould told BDLive.
“It’s probably too early to know how this information could have made its way into the public domain which is why we have undertaken such a comprehensive investigation.” Early indications were that no De Beers staff were involved in leaking the information, she said.
Diamond Intelligence Briefs diamond analyst Chaim Evan Zohar said he had copies of highly detailed data of output from De Beers Consolidated Mines, the South African arm of De Beers. This data included the categories, qualities, carat sizes and prices of production. There were also customer invoices detailing sales.
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