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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
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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Jewellery Industry to Discuss Sustainability
Chicago: The jewelry industry community has announced “The Jewelry Industry Summit,” an open forum to discuss sustainability and responsible sourcing. The goal of the event is to create awareness of supply chain challenges and develop tools to mutually benefit the jewelry industry and create business opportunities and new sources of value for suppliers and the consumer. The summit, being held
IDE to Help Turkey Develop Diamond Industry
Ramat Gan: The Israel diamond industry is planning to help Turkey advance its diamond sector, according to reports in the Israeli press. Globes quoted Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) senior vice president Jacob Katten as saying, “If we don’t help the Turks in this area, there are more than a few countries that will be glad to do it, including India
Cartier to Open Second Boutique in India
New Delhi: Cartier, the luxury jewellery and watchmaker which currently has a boutique in New Delhi, is considering a second boutique in India. The company is looking for the right business model to make the most of the huge future potential in the country, according to a report in Economic Times. “India is a very important market and we have
Global Diamond Jewellery Demand +3% in '14
Gaborone: According to De Beers’ latest Diamond Insight March 2015, released on Thursday, global demand for diamond jewellery grew by 3% in 2014, touching “a new $81 billion high”. This was as against global sales worth US$ 79 achieved in 2013. “The data showed that there was positive growth in consumer demand for diamond jewellery in local currency terms in
ADB Issue Can Still Be Solved
Antwerp: “There is still room to find a solution, to keep the financing levels of the Antwerp diamond sector at market conform levels.” This is AWDC’s reaction to the news that KBC will proceed with an ‘orderly wind-down’ of the Antwerp Diamond Bank. “As an umbrella organization we have been duly following the developments in this matter,” says Margaux Donckier,
IDW in New York– Unique Diamond Sourcing Opportunity
Ramat Gan: The third edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York, to be held November 10-13, 2014, is the last-stop-station for diamond buyers toward the holiday season, and, in the words of Reuven Kaufman, President of the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC), “a grand opportunity to stock up on polished diamonds” The event, held on the
Zimbabwe’s Diamonds Seized in Belgium
Harare: Zimbabwe risks losing 45 million U. S. dollars diamond revenue from Belgium after a South African company sued for wrongful cancellation of its platinum mining agreement with a Zimbabwe state mining firm in 2010, state media reported Thursday. Zimbabwe began trading its diamonds in Antwerp in November last year after the European Union lifted sanctions on the Zimbabwe Mining
EGL Int’l: No Single Diamond Grading Standard Exists
Ramat Gan: There is no single international standard for diamond grading, said Israeli lab EGL International in a statement in response to recent actions by trading networks. “With regard to the Rapaport Group’s decision to delist diamond grading reports of EGL and that it views GIA as the industry standard…the use of the term standard suggests that such a standard
