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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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"Be Sensitive To Festival Dates": WFDB
Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) is calling on international trade fair organizers to “be sensitive to dates” when scheduling events so they don’t fall on religious festivals and thus prevent some industry members from taking part. “The fast expanding number of trade shows and exhibitions held across the world has often been scheduled in such a way
AGS Launches Virtual Guild
New York: The American Gem Society (AGS) has launched a virtual guild, which is open to all members of the trade. The first GoTo Guilds meeting will be a presentation by Peter Yantzer, executive director of AGS Laboratories, on “Light Performance 101,” an in-depth primer on the American Gem Society’s Light Performance Cut Grade on July 8. “Originally, the intention
Quality Label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’
Antwerp: The City of Antwerp and the AWDC awarded three additional Antwerp jewelers the quality label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’, indicating they meet the strictest requirements in terms of quality, service and transparency. Antwerp’s Most Brilliant was launched earlier this year and collects the city’s most qualitative and reliable jewellers, living up to Antwerp’s reputation as a diamond centre of excellence.
“Please Withdraw Gold Import Curbs…”
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that her ministry has recommended that the finance ministry seriously consider easing import curbs on gold to help the beleaguered gems and jewellery export sector, reports The Economic Times. Speaking to ET, Sitharaman, who is also minister of state for finance, said that while the current account deficit (CAD) crisis had been somewhat
Karnataka Welcomes IIJS Premiere with Open Arms
Bengaluru: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) kick-started the IIJS Premiere 2021, one of Asia’s leading Gem & Jewellery trade exhibitions, in Bangalore on 15th September. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mrs. Anupriya Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (through video conference); Mr. Murugesh Nirani, Hon’ble Minister of Large
CIBJO Releases Responsible Sourcing Special Report
Milan: With fewer than seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the second of this year’s CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Responsible Sourcing Commission, headed by Philip Olden, the report recounts how efforts to enhance supply chain integrity during the COVID pandemic continued uninterrupted, and
WGC Members Committed to TCFD Reporting
The World Gold Council (WGC) today announced that its members, 33 of the world’s most forward-thinking gold miners, have committed to reporting their positions and progress on climate-related risks in line with the recommendations of Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The TCFD recommendations and reporting framework is now widely recognised as the preferred method for embedding climate change into
7th Cycle of De Beers Collects $514 Mln.
Gaborone: Diamond miner De Beers sold an estimated $515-million of rough diamonds during its seventh sales cycle of the year. This compares with the $514-million in sales recorded in the sixth sales cycle, and the $334-million in sales recorded in the seventh sales cycle of 2020. Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and products in various jurisdictions
