Alrosa Group, the largest producer of rough diamonds in the world, has reported $2.788 billion in sales for the first nine months of 2010, with rough diamonds comprising $2.677 billion of total sales.



The Group held an Executive Committee meeting in the Republic of Sakha on Friday, at which it released its numbers for January-September. Alrosa's diamond mining companies produced $1.706 billion worth of rough diamonds, with Alrosa's own rough diamond production standing at $1.242 billion.

Net profits for the period totaled $298 million.