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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
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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IIJS 2015 Inaugurated in Mumbai
Mumbai: The 32nd edition of India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) was inaugurated on Monday at Mumbai’s Bombay Convention Centre, by Chief Guest Mrs. Rita Teaotia, India’s Commerce Secretary, accompanied by the Guest of Honour Mr. Paul Rowley, Executive Vice President of De Beers (Global Sightholder sales), Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) Mr. Vipul Shah and
BDB Suspends Suspected Members
Mumbai: The Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) suspended the membership of VSM Diamonds Private Limited and a number of individuals connected to the firm after finding that they had traded synthetic diamonds without making proper disclosures. Consequently, the individuals affiliated with the company, and any one representing their interests, are now banned from entering the bourse and trading in it. The
GIA Introduces Digital-Only Grading Report
New York: The Gemological Institute of America (GIA)’s grading lab has introduced the Diamond Focus Report, a new digital-only report for smaller diamonds that costs around $20. The reports will be issued for natural D-to-Z color round brilliants, weighing between 0.15 cts. and 0.29 cts. They will be issued with a GIA laser inscription with their report number. The results
Angola’s H1 Diamond Sales Up 35pc to $573m
Luanda: Angola’s diamond sales leaped 35 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to $573 million from the 4.2 million carats sold. Angolan daily newspaper Jornal de Angola, citing the General Tax Administration, was quoted by Macauhub as reporting that Angola earned $426 million in the first half of 2014 from 4.1 million carats sold. The country’s overall
GJEPC’s Investment-plans for Make in India
New Delhi: On the heels of the recently concluded World Diamond Conference, a highly successful and globally appreciated conclave, Gems & Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of gems and jewellery exports in India, presents a memorandum outlining the 1 year and 3 year action plan for the gem and jewellery sector. The memorandum is a conclusive action
No De Beers Office in India
Mumbai: De Beers, the global diamond mining company, says it has no plan to open a trading office in India. “The auction sales customers in India are serviced out of either Dubai or Antwerp,” said a spokesperson, to a Business Standard query. The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) had been pressing the central government to declare a large
Weak Ruble to Benefit Indian diamond Trade
Mumbai: The Indian diamond processing industry, the largest in the world, will benefit from the sliding Russian ruble which in the recent past has declined to even below 60 rubles per US dollar. It is estimated to have depreciated 40 per cent in 2014. By a happy coincidence, in early December, leading Indian diamond processors officially tied up with Russia’s
LUKOIL Plans to Produce 2 Mln Cts of Rough in '15
Moscow: It is expected that LUKOIL will produce up to 1.4 million carats of diamonds this year, and the next year’s production will increase by 40% to 2 million carats. The diamond business is not a strategic asset for LUKOIL, but the company is not currently seeking a buyer for its non-core diamond assets. However, Vagit Alekperov, the head of
