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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
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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Final of India Jewellery Skill Competition Held
Mumbai: Mr. Surojitrana H. from Coimbatore and Mr. Vinod Kumar C. from Bangalore were selected today in a final round of the India Jewellery Skill Competition held at the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS). The Competition is being held by the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) to decide the country’s representative at the prestigious WorldSkills International Competition
GJEPC Donates Rs One Crore to Make A Wish India
Mumbai: Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organized “Jewellers for Hope” charity dinner in association with GSI, yesterday in Mumbai. Leading bollywood celebrities Kajol, Boman Irani, Siddharth Roy Kapur graced the evening hosted by Raageshwari Sachdeva-Badola in the presence of the whose-who of the gems & jewellery trade. The “Jewellers for Hope” annual charity dinner is the first edition
India Reduces Tariff Value on Gold
New Delhi: The India government recently reduced the import tariff value on gold to USD 425 per 10 grams due to falling international prices. On the other hand, the tariff value on silver was raised to USD 690 per kg. As on June 30, the tariff value on imported gold stood at USD 428 per 10 grams and silver at
Silver Price to be Set by New System
London: The London silver price mechanism will now be set via an electronic, auction-based mechanism administrated by CME Group and Thomson Reuters, according to a statement from the London Bullion Market Association. The new mechanism was chosen because it is electronic, “auction-based and auditable and tradable with an increased number of direct participants,” the LBMA said in a statement. CME
Lucapa Finds 14 More “Special” Diamonds at Lulo
Luanda: Lucapa Diamond has recovered 14 more “special” diamonds, including a 74.5 carat stone, from ongoing mining and treatment at Block 8 on the Lulo diamond project in Angola. All diamonds were greater than 10.8 carats, while the 74.5 carat diamond was confirmed as Type IIa D-colour stone and the fourth biggest stone recovered to date at Lulo, the company
ALROSA Sales Slump in Q3, 9M
Moscow: According to their Q3 and 9M 2015 production and preliminary trading performance report, during the first nine months of the year, ALROSA’s production rose 16% to 29.6 million carats, while the company sold only 23 million carats for $2.7 billion across those 9 months. This represents a billion dollar decrease in comparison to the first 9 months of 2014
IIDGR Melee Testing Service in Surat from 26th Oct
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies today announced that the low cost, high volume melee testing service at its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) will begin in Surat, India, on 26 October 2015, with an equivalent service to launch in Antwerp, Belgium, on 12 November 2015. The service will provide diamantaires with the opportunity to use
DS to Set Synthetic Screening Service in Shanghai
Hong Kong: Diamond Services has announced that it will begin offering synthetic diamond screening services directly to the Chinese diamond trade through the facilities in Shanghai of NGGC, the state-owned gem laboratory that is one of the largest grading institutes in China. The synthetic diamond screening service will begin on November 2. Diamond Services, which was established in 2012 in
