Ten top tips for investing in diamond mining

Burgeoning demand from India and China means that the diamond mining industry is in the most positive situation for 30 years. Find out how you can make the most of the demand for diamonds.

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Simultaneously, production at some of the world's biggest mines is beginning to tail off; in-ground resources have declined from 85 years worth of production in the mid-1980s to around 20 years worth today; and De Beers' fabled $5bn stockpile "has been sold off". Indeed, the diamond-mining industry is in "the most positive situation" it's seen for the last 30 years.

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Charles has previously written for the MoneyWeek, giving readers his share tips regularly and covering other topics on the side such as stock markets and the economy. He has also written for The Business, Shares, Investors Chronicle and The Evening Standard, and Charles has presented on LBC and been a guest on BBC One and BBC World. Aside from his journalist background, Charles graduated as a chemist from the University of Oxford specialising in ligand gated ion channels.