Why Is a Widening Gulf War Lifting Oil but Sinking Gold and Silver?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending 30 October brought the kind of news that once sent buyers into gold. Reuters reported the first known successful limpet-mine strike on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began in February, and Houthi forces claimed strikes on Saudi refineries. Washington ordered non-emergency government staff out of Saudi Arabia amid reports that US strikes on Iran could resume after the 3 November midterm elections. Brent rose 13.6% over October, with the expiring

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Why Is a Widening Gulf War Lifting Oil but Sinking Gold and Silver?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending 30 October brought the kind of news that once sent buyers into gold. Reuters reported the first known successful limpet-mine strike on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began in February, and Houthi forces claimed strikes on Saudi refineries. Washington ordered non-emergency government staff out of Saudi Arabia amid reports that US strikes on Iran could resume after the 3 November midterm elections. Brent rose 13.6% over October, with the expiring

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Platinum BSM Ignites Fresh Momentum for India’s Jewellery Market

Kochi: Platinum Guild International (PGI) India recently concluded the 2025 edition of its annual Platinum Buyer-Seller Meet (BSM) on a high note in Kochi, bringing together leading industry voices right from key manufacturers to major jewellery retail partners from across the country. The event continued its legacy as a key platform for platinum jewellery manufacturers and retailers to collaborate on

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GJEPC Proposes Sector Priorities to Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), along with Mr. Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director, GJEPC, met Union Commerce & Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal on 30th June during an interactive meeting with Export Promotion Councils and industry associations at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. The GJEPC delegation highlighted several critical policy concerns and

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GJEPC Participated in Mega MSME Sammelan

Lucknow: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) participated in the Mega MSME Sammelan 2025, organised by ASSOCHAM in Lucknow on 26-27 June to mark MSME Day. The event celebrated the contributions of MSMEs to India’s economy and exports and explored ways to strengthen their growth. Mr. Antarpal Singh Sawhney, Regional Chairman (North), GJEPC, addressed the gathering, highlighting the

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GJEPC Highlights FTA Potential for Jewellery Sector

Jaipur: At the ‘Growing Opportunities from Free Trade Agreements – An Industry Perspective’ workshop held on 24 June in Jaipur, Mr. Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director, GJEPC, delivered an impactful address on how Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are poised to reshape the future of India’s gem and jewellery exports. Organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with the Centre

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Platinum Jewellery Sales Rise in Key Markets

Hong Kong: In the latest Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR) Q2 2022, Platinum Guild International (PGI) reports a continued recovery in platinum jewellery sales in India, Japan and the United States in the second quarter of 2022, despite the lingering effects of the pandemic and rising inflation. In part, the upswing has been fuelled by a series of marketing programmes

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GJEPC Held 6th India Rough Gemstone Sourcing Show

Jaipur: The 6th edition of the India Rough Gemstone Sourcing Show (IRGSS), organised by GJEPC, was inaugurated in Jaipur on 31st August 2022 by Sugrive Meena, Commissioner of Customs, Jaipur. The three-week-long exhibition ends on 20th September 2022. It features an assortment of rough emeralds displayed by the Gemfields-owned Kagem Mining Limited, Zamiba. Vipul Shah, Chairman, GJEPC, said, “First held

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Bhoomi Poojan of Mega CFC at SEEPZ

Mumbai: Boomi Poojan of the state-of-the-art Mega Common Facility Centre (CFC) at SEEPZ was held in the presence of Mr. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India, who attended the event virtually; Mr. Shyam Jagannathan, Zonal Development Commissioner, SEEPZ, Mumbai; Mr. C.P Singh Chauhan, Joint Development Commissioner,

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Seventh Cycle of De Beers Fetches $638 mln.

Gaborone: De Beers raked in $630 million from the seventh rough diamond sales cycle of 2022 compared to $522 million, a year earlier or $638 million during the sixth sales cycle of the year. Group chief executive Bruce Cleaver said rough diamond sales continued at a steady level in the seventh sales cycle of 2022. “In line with normal seasonal

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