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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Indian Diamantaires Offer Large Discounts

Mumbai: Severe liquidity problems are forcing some Indian diamond companies to offer large discounts to off-load inventory in order to pay off loans, according to Indian media reports. The liquidity issues have been sharpened further by the winding down of the Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB), and recent reports that Standard Chartered Bank is cutting back its exposure to the diamond

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eBay Launches Live Auctions

New York: Online marketplace eBay has launched its live auctions in a move that it says opens the doors of traditional brick-and-mortar auction houses to online shoppers around the world. Among the first sales planned is an Important Jewelry auction, which will be hosted by Doyle New York. The sale, which will take place on October 21, comprises 439 lots.

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IDE to Advance "Natural is Real" During IDW

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be advancing its “Natural Is real” campaign during the Israel Diamond Week in New York to be held next month at the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC). The campaign, which was launched during last year’s Israel Diamond Week in New York, stresses the Israeli diamond industry and trade’s commitment to

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UK-Ireland Jewellery Industry Unite Over Ethics

London: Industry leaders from the major trade associations and buying groups in the UK and Ireland have come together to take a lead on issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility in the jewellery industry by backing the work of the Jewellery Ethics Committee UK (JEC-UK). At a designer-maker evening event organized by JEC-UK at the Goldsmiths’ Centre on Thursday

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A New Book on ‘Theft of Koh-i-Noor’ by Britain

Mumbai: A new children’s picture book relating the story of the Koh-i-Noor as one of theft and colonial conquest, has just been published in India. Supriya Kelkar, a US-based author and illustrator of Indian origin, tells how the world’s most famous diamond was “stolen” by the British East India Company after the defeat of the Sikh Empire in 1849 and presented to Britain’s

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National Jewellery Awards 2025 Presented

Mumbai: The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) proudly hosted the 14th edition of the World Gold Council (WGC) Presents National Jewellery Awards (NJA’25), powered by IDT Gemological Laboratories Worldwide, at Jasmine Hall, Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, in conjunction with the India Gem & Jewellery Show (GJS). The evening was a dazzling celebration of India’s finest jewellery

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Rio Tinto Launches its Final Beyond Rare Tender

Mumbai: Rio Tinto has launched its final Beyond Rare TM Tender, the third in its annual Art Series, featuring 52 lots of extraordinarily rare masterpieces of nature, from its Canadian and Australian diamond mines. Titled Into the Light, this unique event marks a special chapter in world diamond history. With Rio Tinto’s Australian Argyle Diamond Mine ceasing operations in November

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JGW Hong Kong Honours Sustainability Champions

Hong Kong: The Winners and Finalists of the Sustainability Awards 2025 by JWA (Jewellery World Awards) were celebrated at a Recognition Ceremony hosted last night by the industry’s No.1 jewellery sourcing destination – Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong (JGW). Powered by Informa Markets Jewellery, the Awards programme recognises exceptional sustainability initiatives within the fine jewellery, gemstone and related sectors.

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