Despite Global Losses & Firmer Rupee, Indian Gold & Silver Held Their Floors

Macro Snapshot: The selling that pushed both metals lower in the week ending 25 September came from the American bond market rather than from any bullion-specific news. S&P Global’s flash survey on 23 September put its composite output index at 58.4, the strongest reading since July 2021, with services at 58.7 and manufacturing at 56.7. On the same morning, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said further policy adjustments were likely to be needed to return inflation to target. A poorly

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Despite Global Losses & Firmer Rupee, Indian Gold & Silver Held Their Floors

Macro Snapshot: The selling that pushed both metals lower in the week ending 25 September came from the American bond market rather than from any bullion-specific news. S&P Global’s flash survey on 23 September put its composite output index at 58.4, the strongest reading since July 2021, with services at 58.7 and manufacturing at 56.7. On the same morning, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said further policy adjustments were likely to be needed to return inflation to target. A poorly

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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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Rio Tinto Celebrates Chow Tai Fook Milestone

Beijing: Diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia will be showcased across China in an unprecedented fashion from next month, headlined by a special white and champagne diamond encrusted tiara. The masterpiece, titled “Nature’s Glow”, has been crafted as a tribute to the strategic partnership between Rio Tinto and pre-eminent Chinese jeweller, Chow Tai Fook, on the occasion

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ALROSA's President Steps Down

Moscow: On Monday, September 22, Fyodor Andreev stepped down from his president post “due to medical reasons”. Ilya Ryaschin, First Vice President of ALROSA, was appointed the acting President of the company. Company’s shares closed down 2.99% to 37.3 Rub. Later Rosimushchestvo released a press statement saying it “was sorry that Andreev had to leave ALROSA president post due to

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IIDGR Displays New AMSD in Greater China

Hong Kong: The De Beers Group of Companies’ International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) showcased the new Automated Melee Screening (AMS) device to great reception at this September’s Shenzhen International Jewellery Fair and Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. The new AMS device which can take up to 500 carats at once is a spectrometer based system that

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DDE’s Peter Meeus Hits Back at PAC Claims

Dubai: Dubai Diamond Exchange Chairman Peter Meeus replied to what he called “serious allegations” made by Partnership Africa Canada about Dubai at the Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional meeting taking place in Shanghai. “First of all we were surprised to see that Mr. Martin quoted an FAFT (Financial Action Task Force) report on ML/TF (Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing) of 150 pages in

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Israel Exchange to Create Code of Ethics

Ramat Gan: In what appears to be a ground-breaking move for a diamond bourse, the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has begun moves to create a code of ethics by which its members would be expected to operate. At a meeting at the bourse, IDE President Shmuel Schnitzer and management members discussed the creation of such a code with Israeli experts

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China’s Jewellery Sales Accounted for 41%

Beijing: Mainland China is a major jewellery consumer in the world. According to the recently released China Jewellery Industry Report, 2013-2016, last year jewellery sales in Chinese Mainland approximated $75.8 billion, which is equivalent to 41.2 % of the global consumption. In Mainland China, the gold jewelry consumption accounts for about 50% of the total jewellery consumption. In 2013, two

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Gold Smuggling in India May Fall to 50 Tonnes

Mumbai: Going by the seizures of gold which has increased four times in 2013-14, intelligence agencies have estimated gold smuggled in the country around 50 tonnes in 2013-14 which is way lower from the estimated by the World Gold Council (WGC), reports The Business Standard. WGC had estimated nearly 200 tonnes of gold entered India unofficially. Trade circles have been

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