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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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IDW in New York Ended with Success Note
Ramat Gan: The fourth edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York proved once again a successful enterprise. During the four-day event, about a hundred Israeli bourse members joined an equal number of American colleagues on the trading floor of the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC), attending to more than two hundreds visiting buyers and droves of
De Beers’ Viewings of Auction in BDB on 27th Oct
Mumbai: The De Beers Group of Companies announced that its Auction Sales business intends to conduct viewings of auction lots at the Special Notified Zone (SNZ) in Mumbai, India, in November 2015 ahead of its December 2015 auction events. Under the current schedule, the full range of products to be offered for sale at the December auction will be available
Lucapa Finds 14 More “Special” Diamonds at Lulo
Luanda: Lucapa Diamond has recovered 14 more “special” diamonds, including a 74.5 carat stone, from ongoing mining and treatment at Block 8 on the Lulo diamond project in Angola. All diamonds were greater than 10.8 carats, while the 74.5 carat diamond was confirmed as Type IIa D-colour stone and the fourth biggest stone recovered to date at Lulo, the company
ALROSA Sales Slump in Q3, 9M
Moscow: According to their Q3 and 9M 2015 production and preliminary trading performance report, during the first nine months of the year, ALROSA’s production rose 16% to 29.6 million carats, while the company sold only 23 million carats for $2.7 billion across those 9 months. This represents a billion dollar decrease in comparison to the first 9 months of 2014
De Beers Announces Model for Rough Allocations
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced its updated model for the allocation of rough diamonds by Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in respect of the March 2015–March 2018 contractual period. Around 90% of De Beers’ total rough diamond availability by value is sold through GSS. The updated allocations model will involve a new method for determining GSS’s rough
Global Diamond Production +11% to $14B in 2013
Gaborone: Global diamond production by value rose 11 percent year on year to $14.09 billion in 2013, due mainly to an increase in the average price of rough diamonds, according to annual data published by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. By volume, global production increased 2 percent to 130.48 million carats, while the average price of production grew 9 percent
PDE President to Present Project in India
Panama: With more than 40 of the 59 available offices in the Phase 1 building of the Panama Gem & Jewelry Center already accounted for, Erez Akerman, President of the Panama Diamond Exchange (PDE), is visiting the Indian cities of Mumbai and Surat, and then New York, where he is meeting with companies interested in obtaining space in Latin America’s
Bunder’s Education Initiatives Deliver Strong Results
Bhopal: Rio Tinto’s Bunder project in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh announced the results of a number of educational initiatives aimed at improving opportunities for families in the 15 communities surrounding the diamond project. Through a range of coaching initiatives and adult education programs the Bunder project is working towards its goal of enhancing opportunities in the local
