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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
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CIBJO Unveils Artworks of Reena Ahluwalia Celebrating Centenary Year
Vicenza: As a highlight of the opening day of the 2026 CIBJO Congress, that began on the 4th September, 2026 in Vicenza (Italy), two dedicated creations by the noted Canadian visual artist Reena Ahluwalia, celebrating the Centenary Year of the World Jewellery Confederation (WDC) were unveiled. Both creations were donated to the collection of the Museo del Gioiello –the jewellery
Senco Gold with Olocker Provide Jewellery Insurance
Mumbai: Senco Gold & Diamonds has partnered with Olocker, India’s first dedicated jewellery insurance platform, to offer free jewellery insurance to its customers, protecting purchases against risks such as snatching, robbery, and housebreaking. On the surface, it’s a simple value-add: buy jewellery from Senco, get it insured, at no extra cost. But the thinking behind it is more personal —
CIBJO Centenary Congress Calls for Standards, Sustainability & Consumer Confidence
Vicenza: The 2026 CIBJO Centenary Congress opened in Vicenza with welcome addresses from Italian government and industry leaders, who congratulated the World Jewellery Confederation on its first 100 years and highlighted the importance of standards, sustainability and consumer confidence to the global gems and jewellery industry. The congress, being held at the Fiera di Vicenza during the VICENZAORO jewellery show,
Empower Africa to Host 9th Peace Diamond Trade Mission
Freetown (Sierra Leone): Empower Africa will welcome an international delegation of diamond and jewelry professionals to Sierra Leone for the 9th Peace Diamond Trade Mission, October 11–16, 2026, reconnecting the global diamond industry with the people and communities at the source of the natural diamond supply chain. The six-day mission will bring together diamantaires,manufacturers, retailers, designers, traders, mining professionals, investors,
IIa Technologies Wins SME100 Award
Singapore: Singapore-based IIa Technologies, the world leader in Grown Diamond technology, received the prestigious SME100 Awards for Singapore’s Fast Moving Companies on June 10, 2016. Independently researched, ranked and published by SME & Entrepreneurship Magazine, SME100 ranks the top 100 fast moving companies in selected countries in Asia based on both quantitive and qualitative criteria. Vishal Mehta, CEO, IIa Technologies
CIBJO Specifies Jewellery’s Role in Economy
Milan: While jewellery is a luxury product and non-essential to those who purchase it, the jewellery and gemstone sectors are industries that are essential to the economic and social development of economies and communities around the world, said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, speaking yesterday at the 15th Rendez-Vous Gemmologiques de Paris in the French capital. The gathering, which was hosted
ALROSA Starts Work on New Zarya Mine
Moscow: ALROSA has started developing the Zarya pipe, a new deposit in its Aikhal Mining and Processing Division, forking out an estimated initial investment of $149 million (RUB 9.8 billion). The mine is expected to reach a targeted capacity of 1 million tons of ore per year by 2021 and have a lifespan of 13 years, ALROSA said. “The construction
Standard Chartered Opts out of Diamond Sector
London: London-based bank Standard Chartered, one of the largest lenders to the diamond industry midstream has announced that it will shut its diamond and jewelry business, according to a report published in The Times of India. It was reported in March that the bank, which has lent around $2 billion to the industry, had asked its diamond-processing clients, particularly in
