With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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De Beers Called off its August Sight 

Gaborone: In yet another sign of the diamond market’s troubles, De Beers has called off the sight it scheduled for August and is combining it with the one that had been planned for October. The new merged sight will take place Sept. 23-27. That means De Beers will have nine allocations this year instead of its traditional 10, though a

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Mumbai to Get Bigger Exhibition-Convention Centre

Mumbai: A new bigger Exhibition & Convention Centre in Mumbai and ‘Smart Manufacturing’ will be included in the new Industrial Policy of Maharashtra, which will be announced in September 2024, announced Dr. Harshdeep Kamble, IAS, Principal Secretary (Industries) Govt. of Maharashtra, at the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Premiere show organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).

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Piyush Goyal Announces Introduction of Diamond Imprest Licence

Mumbai: Mr. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minster of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, announced the introduction of the Diamond Imprest Licence during his  interactive session at the 40th edition of India International Jewellery Show 2024, the flagship show of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), NESCO, Goregaon. The Diamond Imprest Licence will

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India is the Second Largest Market: Paul Rowley

Mumbai: Mr. Paul Rowley, Executive Vice President, Diamond Trading, De Beers group, while opening of the sustainable De Beers group booth at IIJS Premiere Show 2024 said, “The Indian consumer’s love affair with natural diamonds and all they represent is going from strength to strength. With demand for diamond jewellery growing faster in India than anywhere else in the world,

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Debswana Not Worried About Synthetic Diamonds

Gaborone: Debswana, which is a joint venture between the diamond giant De Beers and the Government of Botswana, said it is not worried about the growth of lab-developed diamonds, also referred to as synthetics. Company managing director Balisi Bonyongo told a resource conference in Gaborone that although it was normal for any business to get worried about emetrging substitution of

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New Kimberlites Expected by Year-End

Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which had been using Alrosa technology to discover new kimberlites in the southern African country’s region of Orapa, said a new diamondiferous kimberlite will likely be discovered by year-end. “They (Alrosa) believe explicitly that they can find a diamondiferous kimberlite and their analysis indicates that they will find a diamondiferous kimberlite by Christmas,” company chairperson John Teeling

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World Bank Sanctions US$ 45 Mn for Tanzania

Dar-Es-Salaam: The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors recently approved of a credit of US $ 45 million “to improve the socioeconomic impacts of large and small-scale mining for the country and people”, said the Bank in a press note. The Bank also expressed its intention to “help increase private, local, and foreign investments” in the country. “This project

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SA Diamond Valuator Fired For Probing De Beers

Johannesburg: A senior South African government diamond valuator in Johannesburg was allegedly blocked and consequently fired for investigating diamond giant De Beers. Independent Online reports Conrad Benn, the country’s first black diamond valuator, approached the high court to challenge the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator’s decision to suspend him in April last year and fire him last month.

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