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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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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Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India

Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have

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93 Israeli Cos. to Participate in March HK Show

Ramat Gan: The Israeli Diamond Industry is preparing a major presence at HKTDC’s Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show this March. The Israel Diamond Pavilion, organized by the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI), will host 93 companies. There will also be 10 Israeli companies exhibiting in other locations throughout the show. Among the Israeli exhibitors there

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PC Jeweller Buys Azva Brand from WGC

Mumbai: Listed jewellery firm PC Jeweller Ltd has acquired bridal jewellery brand Azva from the World Gold Council (WGC) for an undisclosed amount, as per a stock market disclosure, reports vccircle.com. The acquisition has been routed through one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Launched in 2012 by WGC, Azva Is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘ashvaa’ and was India’s first concept-based

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Zim Orders Diamond Miners to Halt Operations

Harare: At a press conference earlier yesterday, the government of Zimbabwe has given all diamond mining companies in Marange a 90-day ultimatum to remove equipment after ordering them to halt operations with immediate effect for rejecting a proposal to consolidate the sector, Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa said after announcing that their licences had also expired. The consolidation saga started last

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IIDGR to Launch Grading Service in New Markets

Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has launched its grading service in the Far East, Middle East, India and Europe. Following an initial pilot testing of the service in the Far East, IIDGR will now also provide a grading service from each of its laboratories in Belgium,

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