ALROSA reported preliminary sales results for the fourth quarter and full year 2015. For the quarter, the company sold 7.1 million carats of diamonds, including 4.1 million carats of gem-quality diamonds at an average price of USD 166 per carat and 3.0 million carats of industrial diamonds at an average price of USD 10 per carat.

For 2015, the company sold 30.0 million carats of diamonds. Revenue from rough diamond sales is set to reach at least USD 3.4 billion.

For 2015, the company reported diamond production totaled 38.3 million carats, up 6% year-on-year, driven by the commissioning of the Botuobinskaya pipe in first quarter 2015, diamond output growth at Karpinskogo-1 pipe of Lomonosov deposit (Severalmaz), growth in diamond production at the Mir and Udachny underground mines.