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Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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Finally, Murowa Diamonds Closes Down
Harare: RioZim Ltd., which controls a 22 percent shareholding in Murowa Diamonds, has announced that it is mothballing the company and the Murowa mine, located in Zimbabwe’s Midlands. The mine was technically grounded in the first quarter of this year, but it was thought that production would recommence at some point in the last quarter of the year. In June,
Argyle Diamonds Collaborates with Chow Tai Fook
Beijing: Rio Tinto’s spectacular diamonds from its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia are the centre-piece of a unique collaboration to celebrate five years of partnership with China’s premier diamond jewellery company Chow Tai Fook. The Chow Tai Fook Sunshine jewellery collection comprising a range of contemporary rings, earrings and pendants using beautiful white and champagne Argyle diamonds, were showcased
Rio Tinto to Lower Diamond Production
Perth: Rio Tinto will cut back its production of diamonds this year and focus on bringing more affordable jewellery to the Chinese market as ample supply and waning demand for the precious gemstones weigh on prices, writes Financial Review. The miner announced on Friday it would “pause final product processing in the fourth quarter at Argyle in light of current
Dramatic Fall in Zimbabwe’s Diamond Production
Harare: Zimbabwe’s mines minister Walter Chidhakwa said the fall in the production of diamonds in the country over the past years has been “dramatic” and he is not “so sure we have a diamond sector” at the moment. Diamond output in the country had been on a downward trajectory as alluvial miners in Marange claimed that their concessions had run
India Hikes Import Tariff Value on Gold, Silver
New Delhi: The Indian government yesterday hiked import tariff value on gold and silver to USD 411 per 10 grams and USD 632 per kg as global prices have increased in the wake of escalating violence in Iraq. In the first fortnight of this month, tariff value on imported gold stood at USD 408 per 10 grams and silver at
De Beers June Sight Estimated at $640M
Gaborone: The De Beers June sight closed with an estimated value of $640 million as demand for rough diamonds remained firm. Prices and assortments were largely unchanged from the previous sight, although sightholders reported minor price adjustments on select boxes. There was ex-plan supplied – rough in excess of sightholders’ initial application for goods – as demand rose during sight
Zimbabwe's Proposed Marange Restructuring Stalled
Harare: Marange diamond miner Anjin Investments Ltd. has reportedly stalled the Zimbabwe government’s intended consolidation of Marange diamond companies. As of last week, Anjin’s top management, which recently visited Zimbabwe from China, was yet to meet with officials from the mines ministry to finalize evaluations of company’s operations. The ministry had originally projected briefing Anjin chairperson Jiang Qingder on the
Belgian Politician Warns Against Diamond Sanctions
Antwerp: The 36th World Diamond Congress (WDC) has opened in Antwerp, with Minister-President of Flanders, Kris Peeters, warning of the “catastrophic” impact that sanctions relating to the diamond industry could have. The Congress is the bi-annual meeting of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA). Talking of the huge role of the diamond
