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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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ALROSA Finds Rock with 30,000 Diamonds
Moscow: Mining giant ALROSA has uncovered a rare rock containing an astonishing 30,000 diamonds at its Udachny diamond mine in Russia, Mining Global reports. The stone is red and green, measures 30 millimeters and has a concentration one million times higher than normal. Despite the discovery, the diamonds in the rock are too small to be used as gems and
Sightholders Reject Goods at Dec De Beers Sight
Gaborone: De Beers December sight closed with an estimated value of $600 million. Minor adjustments to prices and assortment qualities were reported in different categories, but no significant changes were noted. Sightholders and brokers reported that a large number of boxes were deferred, with the highest estimate of the amount of goods left on the table — reaching 25 percent
Sixth Edition ADTF from Feb 1-3, 2015
Antwerp: The Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF), which enjoys industry wide international support, now stands at the top of the agenda and calendar of international diamond buyers from the jewellery industry and trade. “During the first five years of the Fair’s existence, we’ve become the number one by-invitation-only fair for diamond buyers around the world, in particular diamond buying jewellery
Ivory Coast Resuming Diamond Trade
Antwerp: In 2003, the UN imposed sanctions on Ivory Coast, forbidding the country to trade diamonds. Now that political calm has returned, Belgium’s FPS Foreign Affairs and the Antwerp World Diamond Centre are helping the Ivorian government set up a monitoring system so that they will be able to adhere to the strict conditions of the Kimberley Process, and resume
6th Edition of Platinum ‘Season of Love’ Retail Initiative
Mumbai: Platinum Guild India (PGI) has announced the sixth edition of its flagship retail initiative – ‘Platinum Season of Love’. A retail trade activation initiative, the month-long programme will kick off from May 1st – June 1st, 2023. Last year the ‘Platinum Season of Love’ saw over 1400+ stores from across 300+ cities reporting a 102% growth in platinum jewellery
Forevermark Opens 2nd Exclusive Boutique in Indore
Mumbai: De Beers Forevermark has unveiled its second exclusive boutique in Indore thanks to the encouraging support of its patrons that made its first store in the city a huge success along with the increasing demand for natural diamonds and contemporary jewellery. Located at the popular Phoenix Citadel Mall, the new boutique will showcase some of the brand’s most iconic
Augmont Gold for All Gets "Best OTT Platform" Award
Mumbai: India’s Gold Platform, run by Augmont Gold For All, has been honoured with the “Best OTT Platform for 2023” award at the recently held 8th India Bullion & Jewellery awards 2023. The Indian Bullion and Jewellery Association ltd (IBJA) organised the magnificent Award unveiling ceremony. IBJA recognises and honours the most deserving candidates while preserving the greatest level of
De Beers Finds a Diamond within Diamond
London: A De Beers sightholder found an “anomaly” in one of its parcels: a diamond encased within another diamond. India-based VD Global discovered the 0.329-carat, D-color, type IaAB diamond, named the Beating Heart, in October, and returned it to De Beers for testing, the miner said last week. The stone originated from one of De Beers’ mines in Botswana, Canada,
