GABORONE, Botswana – Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) has temporarily halted its rough stone sales as part of an industry-wide drive to reduce the glut of inventory caused by lower global demand for jewelry, its managing director Mmetla Masire said on Tuesday. ODC, which reported a record $1.1 billion in revenue in 2022, holds 10 auctions a year to sell its 25%
