Petra Diamonds sees lower 2020 production, cuts capital spending

Reuters

Published Jul 22, 2019 02:35AM ET

Petra Diamonds sees lower 2020 production, cuts capital spending

(Reuters) - Petra Diamonds Ltd (L:PDL) said on Monday it expects production for the full year 2020 to be below current year's output of 3.9 million carats, and forecast lower capital spending for next year.

The precious gems miner said it expects full year 2020 diamond output of about 3.8 million carats and capital expenditure to be about $43 million as it continued to tighten its capital budget.