Petra raises H1 diamond output 2%, exceeding guidance

Petra Diamonds lifted overall diamond production by 2% to 1.62-million carats for the six months ended December 31, exceeding its 1.5-million-carat production target for the first half of the year. It remained on track to reach its production guidance of 3.3–million to 3.4-million carats for the full financial year and five-million carats for the 2019 financial year.