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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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IIDGR Set for Indian Roadshow
Mumbai: The De Beers Group of Companies today announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) business is running synthetic detection symposiums around India to demonstrate its technology to all elements of the Indian diamond community. The IIDGR team, led by the Institute’s Commercial Director, Jamie Clark, are at the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai on 16th
Foundation Stone of Surat ‘DREAM City’ Laid
Surat: Gujarat chief minister, Anandiben Patel on Sunday laid foundation stone for Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City to be spread over an area of about 2,000 acres in Khajod area situated on the outskirts of the city. Diamond city Surat will house Gujarat’s third smart city after GIFT City, near Gandhinagar, and Dholera, near Ahmedabad taking forward the Prime
Online Sales to Surge 40% for Valentine's Week
Mumbai: ASSOCHAM forecast that Valentine’s week online sales in India will jump 40 percent year on year to $3.53 billion (INR 220 billion) as consumers have increased spending power and they strive to celebrate the festival with gifts of jewelry, flowers and electronics. The week has already begun with Rose Day on February 7, followed by Proposal Day on February
US Platinum Jewelry Imports Jump 60%
New York: US platinum jewellery imports surged more than 60% in 2014 from a year ago, while imports of gold jewellery rose 15%, according to Thomson Reuters GFMS calculations released on Tuesday and based on US Census data. The US imported 1 156 kg of platinum jewellery in 2014, up 61% from 719 kg in 2013 because of steep declines
Buddha Diamond Cut to be Exhibited at ADTF
Antwerp: Diamond manufacturers are always looking for ways to innovate and bring new and better products into the market. One of the roads well-travelled toward innovation is the introduction of a new diamond shape or cut. But while Antwerp has seen its share of newly introduced modified cuts, it is not often that we encounter something unusual such as the
Statement by E.G.L. Platinum
Ramat Gan: Menahem Sevdermish and Avi Meirom, the founding owners of the EGL Platinum laboratory, have issued the following statement in response to the RapNet and Polygon press releases, respectively distributed on September 9 and 15, 2014, regarding the delisting of EGL diamond certificates. EGL Platinum supports RapNet’s and Polygon’s intentions to sanction any laboratory that issues over-graded certification, undermining
Rare Pink Diamond Ring Snatched
Perth: On Sept. 27, a rare pink diamond ring worth $577,000 was stolen during a viewing day at an auction house, according to a statement from police in New South Wales, Australia. Local news reports say the pink and white diamond ring, which held a rare pink gem excavated from Australia’s Argyle mine, was snatched from a counter during a
GIA Drops Fees on Synthetics Screening
New York: Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has dropped fees on its screening services for smaller diamonds to check if they are treated or synthetic. The service screens parcels of D-to-Z diamonds and colored diamonds up to 0.2 ct. The new fee structure reduces the existing per-stone fee from $12 to $10 for diamonds between 0.06 and 0.2 ct. and
