A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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Mining Companies Slash Tens of Thousands of Jobs

Gaborone: Mining companies Anglo American and Lonmin are cutting tens of thousands of jobs as commodity prices fall. Anglo said it would cut 6,000 posts from office and other roles not directly related to production, according to a report published in bbc.com. The company, which has some 150,000 workers worldwide, said employee numbers would fall by 35% after the cuts,

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Falling Gold Prices Boost Demand in India: WGC

Mumbai: A fall in gold prices has boosted demand in India, the world’s second largest consumer, despite the summer months being a traditional quiet period, World Gold Council (WGC) said on Friday. It also said that fall in the gold prices are not universally perceived as “negative”. According to WGC, gold prices have fallen by 3.2 per cent in India,

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India Cuts Tariff Value on Imported Gold Again

New Delhi: The government on Friday slashed the import tariff value on gold for the second straight week to $354 per 10 gm in line with weak global prices of the precious metal. The import tariff value is the base price at which the customs duty is determined to prevent under-invoicing. Usually, the tariff value on gold and silver is

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De Beers Revises 2015 Production Guidance

Gaborone: Global diamond giant, De Beers Group, which is 85-percent owned by Anglo American, has revised its production guidance for 2015 to 29 million carats from 31 million carats. Anglo chief executive Mark Cutifani said the move was necessitated by a continuation of the market weakness of late 2014 during the first six months of the year that resulted in

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Workshop on Enameling by IIGJ

Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery Tardeo, Mumbai, (IIGJ) recently organized a ‘Workshop on Enameling’ by Mr. Kana Lomror which was well attended. The institute now proposes to organize another full day workshop on Enameling on 11th October 2014, a News Release from the Institute says. IIGJ Tardeo participates actively in Career Fairs. The institute motivates artistic and

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De Beers Investing Billions in Business

Gaborone: Diamond mining and manufacturing company De Beers Group is making major investments in its business operations as diamond demand is expected to almost outstrip growth in diamond carat production in the next ten years, given the lack of new discoveries in the last decade, reports miningweekly.com. Industry analyst Goldman Sachs indicates that diamond demand is expected to expand at

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Diamantaires Demand EDI Facility at SHB

Surat: Diamantiares in the world’s biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat have demanded the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facility at the Surat Hira Bourse (SHB) customs house for the hassle-free export and fast reimbursement of duty draw back, reports The Times of India. Recently, an industry delegation led by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) represented

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Surat to Get De Beers' 1st Research Institute

Surat: With the diamond consumers in the country accounting for the third largest share in the global polished diamond demand, a fiery competition is all set to start in the diamond certification business, reports The Times of India. De Beers, the world’s biggest mining company, has zeroed in on Surat to set up its International Institute of Diamond Grading and

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