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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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Frozen Lava Yields New Diamond Type
Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Science has claimed that scientists there have discovered a new type of diamond. According to a report in the Siberian Times, the diamonds were discovered in the frozen lava of the Tolbachik volcano, which is located on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East region of Russian. “The solidified lava of the Tolbachik eruption (2012–2013)
Petra on Track to Become SA’s King of Diamonds
Johannesburg: Petra Diamonds is on track to reach 5-million carats by 2019 as it deepens two key mines in SA, positioning it to overtake De Beers, the largest source of South African diamonds for many decades. De Beers will produce more than 4-million carats this year, but it is in the process of selling its Kimberley tailings treatment operation, its
Zimbabwe Pressurizes Diamond Miners
Harare: The Zimbabwean government has ordered diamond mining companies to present their audited financial statements and sign up to the newly-formed company, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company. An emergency general meeting (EGM) had been slated for next month where the audited financial statements would be presented. Harare would have a 50 percent stake in the company while the diamond companies
WFDB Presi. Ernie Blom Praises New ISO Standard
Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has praised the release of ISO International Standard 18323: Jewellery – Consumer confidence in the diamond industry. Providing a series of definitions which aim to provide further clarity for traders and to maintain consumer confidence in the diamond industry as a whole, the WFDB was involved in formulating them, said
British MPs Urge to Probe Gold Price-Rigging
London: British Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the UK’s financial watchdog to investigate allegations of price-rigging in the London gold market after a senior regulatory executive said that there may have been co-ordinated attempts to manipulate a crucial benchmark, Financial Times reports. Members of the influential parliamentary Treasury select committee pressed the Financial Conduct Authority to act after
RBI to Swap Gold to Improve Reserves Quality
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said yesterday that it had sought quotes from banks to swap gold in its own vaults for international-standard gold, aiming to improve the management of its reserves. The RBI sources said that the measure would “standardize the gold available with RBI in India with respect to international standards” and the gold acquired would
6,000-Gram Gold “Devil’s Ear” Unearthed in Russia
Moscow: Russian miners have unearthed a scary-looking 6,664-gram piece of gold they labeled the “Devil’s Ear” on Friday the 13th. According to the official publication of the local government, workers at the Ukhagan mine in the Bodaybinsky district of Siberia found the piece, the largest nugget ever found in the area, on June 13, the eve of the full moon.
India May Increase Duty on Synthetics to 10%
New Delhi: The government may increase the import duty on man-made diamonds to 10 per cent in order to remove the price differential with natural diamonds which encourages some jewellers to “cheat the customers”, reports The Indian Express. Simultaneously, it could abolish the customs duty on cut and polished gem stones as these can be re-exported at higher value. The
