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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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De Beers Revenue +15% to $4B
Gaborone: Anglo American’s group underlying earnings rose 3 percent to $1.284 billion for the first half that ended on June 30 and De Beers contribution of $469 million reflected an increase of 59 percent. The second greatest contribution to Anglo’s profit, of $443 million, came from the iron ore and manganese unit. Anglo’s profit attributable to shareholders jumped 263 percent

India’s Rough Imports Inceased by 16.19%
Mumbai: India’s cut & polished diamond exports for month of June 2014 has registered $1,469 million (2,695,000 carats), showing a decrease of 0.66 percent against $1,478.81 million (2,806,000 carats) during June 2013, according to the provisional figures announced by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India. For the period of April 2014 to June 2014 too, cut

3 Carat Synthetic Largest-Ever Grown Gem
New York: Pure Grown, the man-made diamond company formerly known as Gemesis, is selling a 3 ct. K SI stone—which it calls the largest colorless diamond ever produced by nonnatural means, reports jckonline. Lisa Bissell, the Fabrikant veteran recently appointed president and CEO of the company, says that she has every intention of selling the gem, which has a report

Zimbabwe Imposes Embargo on Rough Export
Harare: The Zimbabwean government has reportedly banned the export of rough diamonds to ensure the country realises maximum value for its gems. NewsDay quoted Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidhakwa as saying that the issue was extensively discussed and Cabinet agreed and directed that “we implement the new institutional programme”. He said Harare had recognized that it was “not

Zimbabwe’s Diamond Mining Cos Agree to Merge
Harare: Zimbabwe’s diamond industry will soon be controlled by one firm as top government officials behind the country’s major diamond mining companies have agreed to comply with a ruling that forces them to merge. According to The Herald, the move which aims to bring more transparency and accountability in the sector — would enable miners to extract kimberlite diamonds, which

SGE to Start Fixing Gold Price Denominated in Yuan
Shanghai: The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) will try to start offering the renminbi-denominated gold-fixing price this year, as an alternative to the dollar-denominated gold-fixing in London. Xu Luode, head of SGE said that the bourse has been researching the pros and cons of the yuan-denominated gold-fixing price, and will strive to launch it by the end of this year as

HK, Thailand Ink Mou on Trade Promotion
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce of Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, as cited in JNA. The MoU aims at further promoting trade and strengthening economic partnership between Thailand and Hong Kong. It also aims at

Sarine Launches Sarine Profile System
Tel Aviv: Sarine Technologies Ltd, engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of precision technology products for the planning, processing, evaluation and measurement of diamonds and gems, held an invitation-only event that unveiled Sarine’s latest offering for the wholesale and retail trade in polished diamonds – the Sarine Profile. The Sarine Profile allows polished diamond sellers to customize, personalize and
