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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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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GJEPC to Organize India Pavilion at Vicenzaoro Fall

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) will be hosting 15 Indian diamond, coloured gemstone and jewellery manufacturers at the India Pavilion at Vicenzaoro Fall 2015 which is being held in Vicenza, Italy from Sept 5-9, 2015. The Pavilion is spread over Hall 3 and Hall 3.1. GJEPC will also be hosting a lounge-cum-booth at the event which

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Alrosa May Cut Diamond Prices Again

Moscow: Russian diamond miner Alrosa said clients cancelled half of the orders placed at trading session in July and it was considering a second price cut of the year because of slack demand. The state monopoly’s Chief Financial Officer Igor Kulichik said on Tuesday Alrosa was stockpiling an increased quantity of the gems rather than curb production. “Cutting production leads

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Summer Edition of IDW Kicks Off

Ramat Gan: The Summer Edition of the International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI) kicked off on Sunday, August 30, with some 400 buyers attending. During the five-day event, the buyers and hundreds members of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be frequenting the trading tables of some 300 Israeli, Belgian, American and Indian companies that are displaying polished diamonds in

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GIA to Open Diamond Synthesis Center

Ramat Gan: Speaking at the International Diamond Week in Ramat Gan, Tom Moses, GIA executive vice president, announced that the lab is planning to open a diamond synthesis facility in New Jersey. The facility, which the lab hopes will be operational by January,  is planned as a research laboratory where GIA gemologists will be able to investigate different treatments that

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Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair in February 2015

Antwerp: The organizers of the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) announced the 2015 dates of this unique by-invitation-only international loose diamond trade show. The sixth edition of the ADTF will open its doors on Sunday, February 1st, and close on Tuesday, February 3. The ADTF’s dates are in sync with those of other prestigious jewellery industry events in the region

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Angola Sets 10M Carat Output Target in 2014

Luanda: Angola, the fourth-largest diamond producer in the world, aims to ramp up production this year, setting itself an output target of 10 million carats. “This year we have an ambitious target of 9.5 million carats in production and 550,000 carats in artisanal production, which means we have to produce 10 million carats,” said Angola Geology and Mining Minister Francisco

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India's Diamond Imports' Get 180 Days' Credit

Mumbai, 8th July: The Reserve Bank has relaxed norms governing import of rough, cut and polished diamonds by doubling the credit time period to 180 days. “…it has been decided, in consultation with the government, that the Clean Credit i.e. credit given by a foreign supplier to its Indian customer/ buyer, without any Letter of Credit (Suppliers’ Credit)/Letter of Undertaking

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Kiran Gems Gives First Melee Screening Machine

Mumbai: Kiran Gems, the world’s largest manufacturer of diamonds, had the first [De Beers] International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research’s (IIDGR) diamond Automated Melee Screening (AMS) machine commissioned at its headquarters in the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), Mumbai. AMS is currently the most advanced machine with the latest technology in CVD screening. Dinesh Lakhani, director of global sales said:

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