Why Is a Widening Gulf War Lifting Oil but Sinking Gold and Silver?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending 30 October brought the kind of news that once sent buyers into gold. Reuters reported the first known successful limpet-mine strike on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began in February, and Houthi forces claimed strikes on Saudi refineries. Washington ordered non-emergency government staff out of Saudi Arabia amid reports that US strikes on Iran could resume after the 3 November midterm elections. Brent rose 13.6% over October, with the expiring

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Why Is a Widening Gulf War Lifting Oil but Sinking Gold and Silver?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending 30 October brought the kind of news that once sent buyers into gold. Reuters reported the first known successful limpet-mine strike on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began in February, and Houthi forces claimed strikes on Saudi refineries. Washington ordered non-emergency government staff out of Saudi Arabia amid reports that US strikes on Iran could resume after the 3 November midterm elections. Brent rose 13.6% over October, with the expiring

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Forevermark Diamond Jewellery Launched in India

New Delhi: Forevermark Diamond Jewellery from De Beers Group, the world’s leading diamond company, officially launched as a jewellery brand yesterday. India becomes the lead market for the Forevermark brand with a landmark brand debut and flagship store opening in New Delhi. The opening of the flagship New Delhi store marks a significant milestone in Forevermark’s journey of bringing its

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0% U.S. Import Tariff for EU-Polished Diamonds 

Antwerp: Thanks to intensive negotiations, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the umbrella organization for the Antwerp diamond industry, has succeeded in securing a zero percent import tariff for natural polished diamonds under the trade agreement between the European Commission and the United States. This exemption is part of a U.S. executive order, effective retroactively as of Monday, September 1,

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GSI Launches State-of-Art Lab in Kolkata

Kolkata: Gemological Science International (GSI) proudly announced the official launch of its laboratory in Kolkata, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to providing world-class gemological services to one of the leading jewellery manufacturing hubs of India. The event, which was attended by prominent industry leaders and luminaries, received an overwhelming outpouring of support and enthusiasm, further solidifying GSI’s

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GJEPC Announces Newly Elected CoA for 2025

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the gem and jewellery trade in India, has announced the results of its recent Committee of Administration (CoA) elections for 2025 for the vacant positions. Welcoming the new members, Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Chairman, GJEPC, said, “I warmly welcome all the newly elected members of the CoA. Each

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7th Cycle of De Beers Collects $514 Mln.

Gaborone: Diamond miner De Beers sold an estimated $515-million of rough diamonds during its seventh sales cycle of the year. This compares with the $514-million in sales recorded in the sixth sales cycle, and the $334-million in sales recorded in the seventh sales cycle of 2020. Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and products in various jurisdictions

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CIBJO to Launch 3rd Season of Jewellery Ind. Voices

Milan: The third season of Jewellery Industry Voices, the widely followed webinar series presented monthly by CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, will kick off the same way that it did in 2020, with an in-person seminar in Vicenza, Italy, which will be live-streamed simultaneously as a webinar around the globe. The two-hour, two-part seminar/webinar is a featured event during the

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GJEPC Wbinar Discusses GST Refunds

Mumbai: The GJEPC organized a webinar on 8th September to discuss GST Refunds and a Critical Change in the GST Audit and its impact on business owners. Eminent speakers Nishant Shah, Partner, ELP and Pranav Pagari, Associate Partner, ELP were invited to brief participants on the “critical change” and the activities to be undertaken in September 2021 to avoid loss

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CIBJO Releases Marketing & Education Special Report

Milan: With fewer than eight weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the first of this year’s CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Marketing & Education Commission, headed by Jonathan Kendall, the report looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the jewellery and gemstone industry,

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