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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Dev Shetty Conferred with ‘Bharat Gaurav’ Award

Mumbai: Mr. Dev Shetty, Chief Operating Officer of Gemfields – the world’s largest supplier of coloured gemstones, was recently felicitated with “Bharat Gaurav Award” at the British Parliament. “Bharat Gaurav Award” is prestigious award for Indians, from all over the World who have achieved overwhelming success in their respective field and made India proud globally. Mr. Shetty was felicitated for

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RapNet Partners with IIJS 2015

Mumbai: RapNet has announced in partnership with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), that the popular RapNet Show Listings service is now available for this year’s India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) taking place August 6 to 10, 2015. RapNet Show Listings is an online tool and mobile app enabling buyers to find diamonds and suppliers at major trade

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SA Invites Indian Firms to Set Up Jewellery Units

New Delhi: South Africa has invited Indian companies to invest in jewellery manufacturing units in the country by taking advantage of its latest policies, reports ETRetail.com. Under the new industry policy programme, South Africa is encouraging jewellery manufacturing activities that will help add value to its raw materials including gold, silver and a variety of minerals. At the event organized

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Hallmarking Should Be Made Compulsary: WGC

New Delhi: A new report, Developing Indian Hallmarking – A roadmap for future growth, released today by the World Gold Council (WGC), finds that improvements to the hallmarking system in India are essential to a successful Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS). The report provides an in-depth assessment of the current Indian hallmarking system and a summary of international best practice methods.

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India's Gold Jewellery Imports Jump 10% in Q1

Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery imports surged 10 per cent to Rs. 696.44 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal as high premium on the yellow metal following tough import norms forced traders to get finished jewellery from abroad, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has said. However, import of gold bars declined marginally by 3.32 per cent

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More Than 200 Buyers Registered for Diamond Week

Ramat Gan: More than 200 foreign buyers are registered already for participation in the International Diamond Week (IDW) that will be held September 1-4 at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). They will come face-to-face with more than 350 diamond firms which will exhibit their diamond stocks in the IDE’s trading hall. Since the IDW is a joint effort of the

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KP Wants Firm Action on CAR Conflict Diamond Trade

Shanghai: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme members are upset by reports that conflict diamonds being extracted in the Central African Republic and are finding their way into the legitimate global diamond trade. After an inter-sessional meeting in Shanghai in June, the KPCS resolved to take action to stem the spillover of diamonds from the CAR, Israelidiamond.co.il reported. The KPCS determined that

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Alrosa Diamonds Evade EU Sanctions

Moscow: Diamantaires in Russia and beyond were relieved to learn that Alrosa was not on the list of firms that the European Union has decided to slap sanctions on, JCK Online reports. In recent weeks, some diamond industry players worried that the Russian state-owned firm would be hit by trade restrictions, but these fears did not materialize. The sanctions were

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