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Israel’s Diamond Industry Under Severe Pressure
Did Natural Diamond Ind. Misjudge LGD Threat?
Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
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‘Advanced Leadership Programme in Gold Entrepreneurship’
Mumbai: The Indian Association for Gold Excellence and Standards (IAGES), announced the launch of the Advanced Leadership Programme in Gold Entrepreneurship, developed jointly with SPJIMR (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research). The six-month executive programme is designed to build a new generation of professionally trained leaders for India’s gold and jewellery industry, combining SPJIMR’s academic
Did Natural Diamond Ind. Misjudge LGD Threat?
The natural diamond industry is finally confronting a question it perhaps should have asked much earlier: Did it underestimate the speed, scale and nature of the laboratory-grown diamond (LGD) revolution? For years, laboratory-grown diamonds (LGDs) were treated by much of the natural diamond industry as a niche product—an inexpensive alternative with limited appeal to serious jewellery consumers. The assumption was
India’s G&J Exports Rise 2.44% in April–July 2026
Mumbai: India’s gross gems and jewellery (G&J) exports for the April–July 2026 period stood at US$ 9.17 billion (Rs. 87,078.01 crore), registering 2.44% growth in US Dollar terms and 13.58% growth in Rupee terms over the corresponding period last year, according to figures provided by Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The growth has been led by value-added segments.
Russia Plans Europe’s Largest Diamond Cutting Cluster
Moscow: Russia is planning to create the largest cluster of diamond-cutting facilities in Europe, in a move aimed at retaining more value from its stones. The cluster will combine Alrosa’s Kristall cutting plant in Smolensk with facilities in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia’s main diamond-producing region. President Vladimir Putin formalized the plan in an executive order signed August 6.
GJNRF Extends Helping Hand During the Pandemic
Mumbai: Whenever there is a crisis, Gems & Jewellery National Relief Foundation (GJNRF) has been quick to respond and has come forward to help the needy people. This time around, during Covid 19 Pandemic, GJNRF is working with the guidance and advise of Maharashtra Govt. and BMC for the charity work in Mumbai. GJNRF has been reaching out to people
CIBJO Postpones Annual Congress
Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has announced that its annual congress, which this year was scheduled to have taken place in Dubai, UAE, October 5 to 7, will be postponed to 2021, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The decision to postpone the congress was taken during a video conference of the CIBJO Board of Directors, following
Edward Asscher Becomes President of the WDC
New York: Mr. Edward Asscher is the new President of the World Diamond Council (WDC), the international organization that is charged with leading the industry’s effort to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the jewelry supply chain and with representing it in the tripartite Kimberley Process coalition. Formerly the WDC Vice President, he assumed the role during a virtual Board Meeting
Angola to Develop Market Infrastructure
Luanda: Dr. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum of the Republic of Angola has announced plans to further develop its industry specific market infrastructure and plans to optimise and widen its services to the global diamond trade through the establishment of an Angolan Diamond Hub and an Angolan Diamond Bourse (ADB). Angola has in total 14
