With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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Rio Tinto’s Zimbabwe Diamond Mine Output Drops

Harare: Rio Tinto said its 78 percent owned Murowa mine in Zimbabwe recorded a 4 percent drop in output to 101,000 carats during the fourth quarter of 2014. The company, which also has operations in Australia and Canada said its total rough diamond output declined 37 percent year on year to 2.841 million carats during the same period under consideration.

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World Gold Demand to Grow Sharply in 2015

London: The latest research report by HSBC predicts that gold demand will rebound sharply in 2015 and may reach more than 4100 tonnes. According to HSBC, there will be two reasons for that: the back of buoyed physical buying in the Asian region, and increased flow of money into bullion-based Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Gold prices posted annual drop in

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IGJA 2014 Awards Function in Mumbai on Jan 29

Mumbai: Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis will be the Chief Guest at function for the distribution of the India Gems & Jewellery Awards 2014 (IGJA) which will be held at NCPA, Mumbai on January 29, 2015. IGJA honours outstanding performers from within the industry across different product segments, banks and agencies involved in finance and supply of gold to

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ADK’s Next Rough Diamond Days

Antwerp: The Antwerpsche Diamantkring (ADK), the world’s leading rough diamond bourse, announced it will hold the next edition of its Rough Diamond Days, February 25 and 26, in the ADK trading hall. The ADK’s history making first edition of the Rough Diamond Days was held last November. “It was a great opportunity to place the Kring in the spotlight,” ADK

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Bigger and Brighter JGT Dubai from 12th Feb 2023

Dubai: Building on the success of its maiden edition, Jewellery, Gem & Technology Dubai (JGT Dubai) is returning to the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from 12 to 14 February 2023 with more world-class exhibitors, product introductions and the second annual JWA Dubai Awards Presentation Ceremony and Panel Discussion. Designed around the show theme, “The Centre of Business,” and positioned

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Gaetano Cavalieri to Get IPMI Jun-ichiro Tanaka Award

Milan: The Awards Committee of the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) has named Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, as the recipient of the 2023 IPMI Jun-ichiro Tanaka Distinguished Achievement Award. It its announcement, the IPMI Awards Committee recognized Dr. Cavalieri as “one of the most prominent leaders in the international jewellery industry, which includes more than

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NDC Launches New ASSURE 2.0 Program Online Portal

Mumbai: The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has announced the launch of the new ASSURE 2.0 online portal. The updated portal enables all purchasers of Diamond Verification Instruments (DVI) to browse through the Directory, understand the features and analyse the results of the new series of ASSURE testing. Every Diamond Verification Instrument has unique benefits and choosing which device to purchase

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UK Court Orders Nirav Modi's Extradition to India

London: The High Court in London on Wednesday rejected the appeal of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi and ordered his extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated USD 2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case. The verdict was delivered by Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay,

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