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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Suresh Shah New VP of IDMA

Antwerp: With the wrap-up of the 36th World Diamond Congress, the International Diamond Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) concluded its meetings with the election of its officers. Maxim Shkadov was unanimously re-elected for a second term as IDMA President and Ronnie VanderLinden and Stephane Fischler were re-elected as Secretary General and Treasurer, respectively. IDMA Vice President Edward Asscher, who was recently elected

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Gold-Silver Price-Setting Methods May Change

London: The decades-old methods for determining the daily benchmark prices for gold and silver seem set to change—the result of unwelcome attention from regulators and class-action lawsuits. Currently, the price of both metals is set at a daily teleconference by a number of prominent multinational banks—four in the case of gold, and three in the case of silver. However, the

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CIBJO Gives Sustainability Frame for Pearl Sector

Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has presented an outline for sustainability in the cultured pearl sector, emphasizing that a comprehensive approach must be taken that addresses economic, environmental and social responsibility. He was speaking at the Sustainable Pearls Forum, which took place in Hong Kong on June 21. The cultured pearl industry provides an opportunity to introduce concepts that often

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Gold Curb Relaxations on the Way…

New Delhi: The government of India has indicated that there is a need to ease norms for bullion imports to boost supplies and jewellery exports. “There is a need of rationalisation in (gold import) duty and (gold import) procedure….We have already made it clear that there is a need to look at the current gold import regime,” commerce secretary Rajeev

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Reena Ahluwalia Launches Diamond Art NFTs

Toronto: Diamond artist and jewellery designer Reena Ahluwalia announced her first-ever Diamond Art Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs on OpenSea Marketplace. Reena’s ‘Diamond-Verse’ NFTs are ultra-rare Edition 1/1, along with limited Editions, 10/10. Reena’s NFTs extend her widely known diamond paintings into a 3D digital realm, expanding her distinct vision and imagination as an immersive luxury experience. Reena said, “I have

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Cluster Mapping Report: The Path for Future Growth

Mumbai: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) survey data on Indian Gem & Jewellery industry reveals that in 2019 there were a total of 9.89 lakh units and 42.89 lakh workers in the sector. A total of 390 districts are identified as clusters based on the number of units working in the gem and jewellery sector. Since the

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AWDC and ALROSA Renew Cooperation Agreement

Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the official representative of the Antwerp diamond industry, and ALROSA, world’s largest diamond mining company by volume, renewed their cooperation agreement today. The renewed cooperation agreement will further expand and strengthen the close relationship between and leadership roles of the two organizations over the course of the next years. The objective of this

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Anglo American Plans to Fire un Vaccinated Workers

London: Anglo American, parent company of De Beers, plans to sack workers who refuse the Covid vaccine, according to a report in Daily Telegraph newspaper. The requirement will apply to “all employees, contractors and any visitors to Anglo sites as well as all new joiners,” the paper says, citing documents it has seen. London-based Anglo will reportedly introduce the policy early

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