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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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China Gets Rough Diamond Exchange
Beijing: Shenzhen Rough Diamond Exchange (SRDE), a secure diamond storage, sorting and viewing facility in the Chinese city, has received final approval to operate. Foreign suppliers will be able to ship diamonds to the new warehouse in the Luohu district of Shenzhen duty-free. Local Chinese companies will then be able to view and purchase the goods through the Shanghai Diamond
Dominion to Hold Viewings of Diamonds in Mumbai
Mumbai: Dominion Diamond Marketing N.V., a subsidiary of Dominion Diamond Corporation, will conduct viewings of its rough diamond sales parcels at the Special Notified Zone (SNZ) located within the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai beginning in February 2016, reports JNA. Viewing dates for 2016 are as follows: 1-6 February; 7-12 March; 4-9 April; 23-28 May; 20-25 June; and 1-6 August.
De Beers Appoints Nimesh Patel as CFO
Gaborone: De Beers has appointed Nimesh Patel as chief financial officer, succeeding Gareth Mostyn who will become executive head of strategy and corporate affairs in the new year. Patel was previously group head of corporate finance at De Beers parent company Anglo American. Prior to this, he spent 15 years in investment banking at JP Morgan and as a managing
India Can Grow at 9% for a Decade
New Delhi: India has the potential to grow at 9 per cent for a decade and 8 per cent in subsequent years if the country takes bold reform measures, eminent economist and Harvard University professor Lawrence Summers said on Saturday. “Except India, major emerging economies seem to be losing momentum… I think if India maximizes its potential, it could grow
Air India Conducts Survey in Surat
Surat: The Air India (AI) has started a fresh survey to assess passenger traffic potential from Surat towards Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, reports The Times Of India. A team of AI officials led by general manager Mukesh Bhatia was in the city to meet members of trade and commerce, Surat Diamond Association (SDA), Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Zimbabwe Eyes Domestic Diamond Exchange
Harare: Government will auction local diamonds once or twice in Antwerp, Belgium, before testing waters on its own planned domestic exchange in November this year. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa said in an interview that Government was working on modalities of the domestic diamond exchange. “We are preparing for the (domestic) auction in November. We will do one
Mandatory Marking for Synthetics Proposed
Moscow: ALROSA proposed to introduce mandatory marking for synthetic diamonds, Vladlen Nogovitsin, Head of the miner’s Customer Policy, told Interfax in his interview. The company’s initiatives to regulate the turnover of “synthetics” are being discussed in the framework of an expert group under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. “We stand for defining the concept of synthetic diamonds
Global Diamond Output to Reach 172 Mln Ct in 2018
Moscow: Equity Communications said global diamond output is expected to reach 171.840 million carats in 2018, reports Rough & Polished. It said in a report titled, “The Global Diamond Business 2014” that diamond producers recovered 130.935 million carats last year, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2012. Diamond production was projected to rise by 6.7 percent this year led by
