A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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Pangolin Recovers White Macro-Diamond

Gaborone: Pangolin Diamonds has recovered a white macro-diamond weighing 0.005484 carats from a soil sample on its recently acquired Malatswae project prospecting licence PL247/2014, in Botswana. It said in a statement that a field team was now on site collecting follow-up samples on a close-spaced grid to help determine the significance of this discovery. The Malatswae kimberlite project was located

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De Beers July Sight Estimated at $775M

Gaborone: The De Beers July sight closed with an estimated value of $775 million. De Beers reportedly raised prices slightly on most goods by 1 percent to 2 percent with sharper hikes in the prices of smaller and lower-quality diamonds. Sightholders noted that De Beers also changed the assortment in its presentation, which partially offset the higher prices of its

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RBI Relaxes Ceiling on Loans against Gold

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has relaxed the Rs 1-lakh ceiling on loans for nonagricultural purposes against pledged gold and has left it to individual banks to decide on a lending cap. “Banks, as per their board-approved policy, may decide upon the ceiling with regard to the quantum of loans that may be granted against the pledge of gold

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De Beers Announces Model for Rough Allocations

Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced its updated model for the allocation of rough diamonds by Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in respect of the March 2015–March 2018 contractual period. Around 90% of De Beers’ total rough diamond availability by value is sold through GSS. The updated allocations model will involve a new method for determining GSS’s rough

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GemAtlas Launches New GA Demand App

London: GemAtlas.com, a global networking platform for the gems and jewellery industry has today launched a new App, GA Demand App, to cater to the polished diamond requirements of the Indian marketplace. The App will allow users to post specific requirements for certified and non-certified single and parcel stones for both Natural and Lab-Grown Polished Diamonds. To get instant leads

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Men of Platinum Contest Winners Meet KL Rahul

Mumbai: This cricket season brought to the fore a lot more than sheer talent and performance excellence as is characteristic of the game. It was the display of the finest form of sportsmanship by men who exemplify exceptional values such as courage, perseverance, self – belief and resilience. To mark the season, Men of Platinum had released a film with

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52 Indian Exhibitors to Participate in JCK Las Vegas

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) presents large Indian contingent of 52 Exhibitors at the India Pavilion at JCK Las Vegas to be held from 10th to 13th June 2022. India would be showcasing a wide variety of trendy and innovative jewellery made for new-age consumers especially for the US market. India Pavilion is spread over an

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IDE to Host International Diamond Week in March 2023

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange will host a week-long series of professional diamond-related events from March 27-30, 2023 in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, Israel. The events will include the Israel Diamond Conference on March 27, 2023, which will feature talks and panels by major personalities in the diamond world, including key diamond producers, government officials, bankers, analysts, influencers,

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