
Ruby de la Hunt
Junior journalist at Currency News covering finance, politics and mining in South Africa
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Aug 13, 2026
UncoveringIT! Diamonds are forever-ish
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Julietta TeleviHOST
... like De Beers are actually in bigger trouble than even they realize, if you look at what you can pay for a lab-grown versus a natural diamond?

Ruby de la HuntGUEST
You know, I think it depends, but I think they realize to a certain extent how much trouble they're in.

Ruby de la HuntGUEST
Um, or maybe they're not acknowledging it, um, to the extent that they should be.

Ruby de la HuntGUEST
Um, you know, the lab-grown producers have made their product cheaper and in vast amounts.

Ruby de la HuntGUEST
Um, and, you know, diamond miners are falling behind in terms of making people want a natural stone.

Ruby de la HuntGUEST
There's just absolutely market value to a one or two carat D flawless diamond anymore.

Julietta TeleviHOST
Um, did you have any interesting conclusions, [laughs] uh, in your research for this story? Do people want a, a natural stone for big occasions like a wedding or, uh, an anniversary, or would they be quite happy with a lab-grown diamond, seeing as actually chemically they're identical?