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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
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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No De Beers Office in India
Mumbai: De Beers, the global diamond mining company, says it has no plan to open a trading office in India. “The auction sales customers in India are serviced out of either Dubai or Antwerp,” said a spokesperson, to a Business Standard query. The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) had been pressing the central government to declare a large
Weak Ruble to Benefit Indian diamond Trade
Mumbai: The Indian diamond processing industry, the largest in the world, will benefit from the sliding Russian ruble which in the recent past has declined to even below 60 rubles per US dollar. It is estimated to have depreciated 40 per cent in 2014. By a happy coincidence, in early December, leading Indian diamond processors officially tied up with Russia’s
LUKOIL Plans to Produce 2 Mln Cts of Rough in '15
Moscow: It is expected that LUKOIL will produce up to 1.4 million carats of diamonds this year, and the next year’s production will increase by 40% to 2 million carats. The diamond business is not a strategic asset for LUKOIL, but the company is not currently seeking a buyer for its non-core diamond assets. However, Vagit Alekperov, the head of
2nd India-US Diamond Week from 12th Jan
Mumbai: Over 60 exhibitors, including Indian diamond companies and US-based Indian manufacturers, will be showcasing their products at the second India-US Diamond Week. The show, which is being held in association with the Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) New York, will take place between 12th & 15th January, 2015. A large number of visitors mainly from New York, with some from
Diacam360 to be Launched During IDW
Ramat Gan: One of the highlights of the upcoming International Diamond Week (IDW) in Israel, which will commence on February 8, is the launch of a table-top, affordable and easy to use scanning device that produces high quality photos and 360-degree, interactive videos of polished diamonds in seconds. The device, which will be unveiled at the event’s DiamTech exhibit, was
Diamond Trading: India Team Visits Belgium, Dubai
New Delhi: To expedite the process of setting up a special notified zone for rough diamond trading, the government has sent a team of senior officials to study the trading models in Belgium and Dubai before firming up a policy for India, reports Financial Express. The sending of the team, comprising officials from the ministries of commerce and finance as
ALROSA to Cut on Diamond Stockpiles in 2015
Moscow: This year ALROSA will sell out some of its diamond stock, the amount of unsold diamonds will reduce to 11 million carats from 18 million carats three years ago, while its loan burden will drop by $1.3 billion from the 2014 level of $3.6 billion, ALROSA’s acting president Ilya Ryaschin was quoted by the company’s corporate journal as saying.
Anglo American Facing Downgrade to Junk Rating
Gaborone: Mining giant Anglo American risks a downgrade to “junk” status as it faces billions of dollars of writedowns and plunging profits as commodity prices tumble. The ratings agency Standard & Poor’s is finalizing a review of leading miners following the slide in commodities, including copper, coal, iron ore and platinum, The Australian reports citing The Sunday Times. Anglo American,
