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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Rockwell Ups Q2 Diamond Output

Vancouver: Rockwell Diamonds increased the volumes of gravel processed from its operations in South Africa by 57 percent to 1.4-million cubic metres during the quarter ended August 31, resulting in a 37 percent increase in output to 9,581 ct. The company’s chief executive James Campbell said the second-quarter production results revealed continued benefits flowing from the group’s focus on its

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De Beers first to Operationalize SQUID System

Gaborone: De Beers, owned by Anglo American is first in the world to operationalize airborne magnetic SQUID system-the Super Conducting Quantum Interference Device-for the faster execution of work programmes and significantly reducing the mining exploration costs. This Full Tensor Airborne Magnetic SQUID system could locate kimberlite deposits through looking at changes to magnetic fields. This hi-tech system has a very

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GJEPC’s Annual Awards on 10th October

Mumbai: The jury of the upcoming 41st Indian Gem & Jewellery Awards, met yesterday in Mumbai to finalize the names of the winners in all the categories. The awards ceremony will be held in Mumbai at Jamshedji Bhabha Theatre, NCPA on 10th October 2014. The jury members, who selected the winners include: Smt. Nirupa Bhatt, Managing Director (India & ME),

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Close Diamond Mining in Panna Tiger Reserve by '17

Bhopal: If the recent recommendations of the environment impact monitoring panel are accepted, the world-famous Panna diamond mines may have only three more years to bedazzle the world, reports Hindustan Times. Field director of Panna Tiger Reserve RS Murthy, who is a member of the monitoring committee, told HT that the committee met recently and came up with the recommendation

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GSI Opens Laboratory in Surat

Mumbai: Gemological Science International (GSI) a full-service, high-tech lab designed specifically to meet the rapidly changing needs of the jewelry industry, has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art laboratory facility at Surat. As a result of growing business and more demand for GSI certification, GSI decided to expand its services by adding another laboratory in Diamond World complex of Surat

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GJEPC Urges Govt. to Grant License to ABN Amro

Mumbai: The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the Central government that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to grant banking license to the Netherlands-based ABN Amro Bank NV, the world’s largest lender to diamond industry, so it could open up its branches in the country. The request comes following concerns over depleting finance in the Indian

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WFDB Concludes EXCO Meeting

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) EXCO has ended a three day program of discussions and meetings that included an extensive strategy session to analyze, discuss and decide on its future mission across the growing, global diamond trade. The strategy session debated and agreed on themes that connect the WFDB and the international diamond trade’s past and present

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New ALROSA Head Will Be Appointed Soon

Moscow: President of ALROSA will be appointed within a month, said Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. “The decision concerning new head of ALROSA will be taken within a month,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. Earlier in October Trutnev said that the list of candidates for ALROSA’s presidentship was prepared and should be brought in the Government. In

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