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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

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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BDB Planning International Diamond Week
Mumbai: India’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) is planning an International Diamond Week in 2015, Mr. Anoop Mehta, President of the BDB has said in an interview with Rapaport. Stressing about the BDB’s future plans, Mr. Mehta said, “We are planning an International Diamond Week, which will take place in the bourse sometime in early 2015. It will have about 300

Mugabe Seeks Polishing Partnership with China
Harare: President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe intended to partner a Chinese company, Chow Tai Fook, to process local diamonds to add value. At the moment, the country exports its diamonds, mainly mined in Marange, in raw form. Beneficiation of natural resources, especially minerals, forms the centre piece of Zimbabwe’s new five-year economic blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio Economic

Accenture Suggests Steps to Boost Exports from SEZs
Kolkata: IT consultancy firm Accenture has warned that the move by Indian jewellers to set up units in China and Dubai may slow down gem and jewellery exports from the country, even as it suggested steps to boost exports from special economic zones (SEZs), reports The Economic Times. The jewellery companies that are considering setting up units abroad include Kama

ALROSA Not Changing Sales Policy in 2015
Moscow: The world’s leading diamond mining company ALROSA is not going to increase its capex or dramatically change its sales policy in 2015, ALROSA’s Vice President Ilya Ryaschin said in a conference call on Monday. According to him, the investment program currently under development envisages that capex in 2015 will not exceed the level of 2014 and will stay at

1,800 Diamantaires Head to Antwerp for Auction
Antwerp: The Antwerp diamond district is notably busy this month, with eight diamond auctions taking place, including four running simultaneously during the first week of September. More than 1,800 diamantaires from all over the world are traveling to Antwerp to bid on 900 different parcels of rough diamonds. The Antwerp branch of diamond auction house Bonas is the only place

GJEPC Welcomes Drastic Reforms in GST
New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 56th meeting yesterday, cleared the next-generation reforms under the eight-year old indirect tax regime. This effectively paves the way for a broad two-slab structure of 5 per cent and 18 per cent with a demerit rate of 40 per cent rate only for super luxury, sin and demerit goods.

WGC Launches a Vision for the Next-Generation Gold Market
Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC), Linklaters and Hilltop Walk Consulting have unveiled a pioneering vision to transform the global gold market through the introduction of Wholesale Digital Gold—a transformative concept that will enhance how gold is owned, traded, and utilized. In today’s wholesale market, gold trades are settled in two main structures. The first is allocated gold which involves

GJEPC Reinforces India’s Diamond Leadership at ICC Conclave
Kolkata: The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) hosted the Diamond Conclave 2.0, themed “India Shining for the Global Stage,” with GJEPC as co-partner. The conclave, held in Kolkata on 30th August, brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and trade experts to deliberate on the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of India’s gem and jewellery sector. In his address, Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director,
