MARKET INDICATORS 8 | JNA Mar/Apr 2022 1亿 29% Increase in diamond jewellery demand in 2021, revealed the Global Diamond Industry 2021–22 prepared by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre and Bain & Co. According to the report, diamond jewellery sales rebounded as Covid restrictions eased and experience-spending opportunities remained low. Marketing and a resurgence of wedding demand also lifted sales. Coronavirus variants and new lockdowns dampened consumer optimism but were largely offset by vaccination rollouts in key diamond-consuming regions. Expected increase in silver jewellery demand in 2022, with India driving majority of growth, according to the Silver Institute. Citing improving consumer sentiment amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the institute said an expected easing of Covid restrictions and efforts by jewellery retailers to push silver to urban consumers will favour jewellery sales across India. Growth in jewellery sales in the US, meanwhile, is seen to continue, following a significant rebound in 2021. 2021年钻石首饰需求所录得的增幅。该数据来自安特卫普世界钻石中 心和贝恩策略顾问公司联合发布的《2021-2022全球钻石产业》报告。 随着新冠疫情防疫措施开始放宽，再加上与体验相关的消费模式仍然 低迷，钻石销量因而回升。增长亦同时受营销和婚礼需求复甦所带动。 虽然变种病毒和最新实施的封城措施为消费者的乐观情绪带来了打 击，主要钻石消费地区的疫苗接种计划成功收复了大部分失地。 世界白银协会估算2022年银制首饰需求的增长率；其 中大部分增幅将会来自印度。协会指出，纵使Omicron 变种病毒仍在扩散，消费者信心正在恢复，并预料印度 会放宽防疫限制措施，珠宝商亦会致力把银饰推销予 城市消费者，有利珠宝在该国的销情。美国珠宝销售继 2021年大幅反弹以后，升势预计将会持续。 11% US$4.3M 430万美元 Selling price of an exceptional 555.55-carat black diamond, named “The Enigma,” at a Sotheby’s auction. The diamond was purchased via cryptocurrency. A rare carbonado-type black diamond, The Enigma is the largest fancy black natural colour diamond in the world as of 2004 according to the Gemological Institute of America and Gübelin, and the largest cut diamond in the world as of 2006 as per the Guinness World Record book. 苏富比拍卖会上，一颗名为“谜”(The Enigma)的555.55 克拉黑钻的成交价。这颗黑钻以加密货币交易。根据美 国宝石研究院(GIA)与古柏林宝石鉴定所(Gübelin)的资 料，这颗稀有的“碳石”型黑色钻石于2004年被评为全 球最大的天然黑钻，并于2006年成为吉尼斯世界纪录 中所载最大的切割钻石。
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