Petra Diamonds shares fall on debt for equity deal

Petra Diamonds Cullinan Diamond Mine

Petra Diamonds has abandoned plans to sell the business in favour of a debt-for-equity restructuring, it said on Tuesday, sending its shares lower because of the deal’s dilutive effect on existing stakeholders. The London-listed company, which mines diamonds in South Africa and Tanzania, had put itself up for sale in June as part of the … Read more