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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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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GJF Submits Budget Proposals

Mumbai: As part of its pre-Union Budget recommendations, All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the national nodal and the largest single trade body in India for the promotion and growth of trade in gems and jewellery across India, has urged the Union Finance Minister to bring down the duty on gold from 10% to 2% to encourage ‘Make

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TBZ Offers Franchising Opportunity

Mumbai: For the first time in its 150-year old history, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Limited (“TBZ”), a well-known and trusted jewellery retailer in India, invites franchisees to be a part of its jewellery retailing business. Through the TBZ Franchising opportunity, entrepreneurs can open TBZ-The Original stores across India and retail the brand’s product which includes over 20,000 in-house designs. TBZ Ltd.

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GJEPC Organizes Colored Gemstones BSM in Panyu

Beijing: The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, the apex body of gem and jewellery trade in India in association with China Gems Center, is organizing the third edition of China Coloured Gems Buyer-Seller Meet at the Shawan Jewelry Industrial Park at Panyu, Guangzhou of China on 15-16 January 2015. This meet brings together representatives of more than 100 Chinese

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Rio Urges Speedy Clearance for Bunder Project

New Delhi: Sam Walsh, CEO of mining giant Rio Tinto has urged the Indian government to ensure speedy clearance to the Bunder diamond mining project in Madhya Pradesh according to media reports. He was speaking to the press during a recent visit to Delhi. Walsh said that he has had three rounds of discussions with the Indian government during the

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PDE and IBGM Sign MOU

Panama: Brazil’s leading jewelry industry association, Instituto Brasileiro de Gemas e Metais Preciosos (IBGM), will be taking up residence in the Phase 1 building of the Panama Gem & Jewelry Center when it opens later this year. The announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Panama Diamond Exchange and IBGM in Sao Paulo during the Feninjer

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New Gold Discovered in China

Beijing: Geologists have discovered a massive gold mine in China’s restive Xinjiang province, according to state news agency Xinhua. The new find, close to the border with Kyrgyzstan, has proven gold reserves of 127 tonnes, Xinhua said. If the estimates are correct, the reserves could be worth around 40 billion yuan ($6.5bn). The Xinjiang Geology and Mineral Exploration Bureau spent

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Zimbabwe Can’t Wait For Annual Dividends

Harare: Zimbabwe will now collect its share of diamond revenue at the point of sale rather than wait for its Marange partners to remit dividends annually. Harare could have been prejudiced of millions of dollars from previous sales, The Herald newspaper reports. The government’s mining arm, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) holds a 50 percent stake in firms mining gems

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Delhi HC Seeks Govt. Reply in Gold Import Case

New Delhi: In a major setback for the government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered all major departments and ministries of trade and commerce to present files pertaining to the process of decision making which allowed a handful of private star trading houses to import gold, reports Business Standard. Hearing the case filed by Delhi Bullion and Jewellers Welfare

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