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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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5 Carat Synthetic Diamond Produced
Moscow: Russian lab-grown diamond manufacturer New Diamond Technology says it has grown a 5.11 ct. K SI diamond, which it bills as the largest man-made polished near-colorless stone ever produced. The manufacturer says the unenhanced radiant-cut type IIa diamond, produced by the high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) method, bears a K SI grade but it has not yet been sent to a
De Beers to Spend $3bn on Diamond Operations
Gaborone: The De Beers Group is set to invest around $3billion over the next 10 years on its diamond mining operations. Fin24 reports that the bulk of the investment would be spend on its key South African mine, Venetia in Limpopo where the underground mine was expected to extend its life beyond 2040. Venetia produced 3.2 million carats in the
SRK is now a ‘Premier Trading House’
New Delhi: Indian company Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt.Ltd (SRK), which exported 348,000 carats of polished diamonds in the financial year 2014, has been recognized as a ‘Premier Trading House’ – the highest recognition given to an Export House by the Indian government. SRK, which exports to more than 40 countries worldwide, has been given the status based on the total
De Beers Says Diamond Prices to Recover in Q2
Gaborone: De Beers said that diamond prices, which had been weak since the fourth quarter of last year, will recover from the second quarter of the year. Group chief executive Philippe Mellier was quoted by BusinessDay as saying that rough diamond prices leaped 7 percent last year. He, however, could not make any projections for 2015. “I definitely see some
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
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
Retailers Liable for Undisclosed Synthetics They Sell
New York: If a retailer sells a lab-grown diamond without disclosing its origin, it bears legal responsibility for that, even if that fact was not disclosed to the retailer, Jewelers Vigilance Committee president and CEO Cecilia Gardner said at a JA New York panel on synthetic diamonds on July 28, sponsored by the Natural Color Diamond Association (NCDIA). “A retailer
GJEPC to Design Sustained Marketing Campaign
Mumbai: Mr. Vipul Shah, Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said in an exclusive interview given to Mr. Suresh Chotai, editor of gems2jewellery.com that the Council has designed a sustained marketing campaign that would directly address the need faced by India and other emerging consumer markets. The promotion is aimed at boosting confidence in diamonds and
