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 Love Bands Partnership with Grazia 

Mumbai: With the onset of the summer wedding season, Platinum Love Bands continues to champion its strategic content and influencer strategy, bringing alive its campaign idea of what it takes to #CommitToLove.  In a holistic content partnership with the country’s leading lifestyle publisher, Grazia, Platinum Love Bands aims to amplify the brand’s progressive stance on love via influencers that are relevant

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Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers Receives Award

Chennai: Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ), a renowned heritage brand from Chennai, has achieved a remarkable feat by winning India’s first JCK Jewellers’ Choice Award in the platinum category. The JCK Jeweller’s Choice award, popularly considered as the Oscars of the Jewellery industry witnessed history being made with VBJ’s platinum Infiniti collection securing first place, in the Platinum Jewellery category for

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Sarine Announces Merger of GCAL 

Ramat Gan: Sarine Technologies Ltd has announce the closing of the acquisition agreement between Sarine and the Gem Certification & Assurance Lab, Inc (GCAL).The merger creates a robust synergy between Sarine’s leading technologies, and in particular its revolutionary AI-derived cloud-based on-site e-Grading™ system and verifiable data based Sarine Journey™ traceability paradigm, and GCAL’s strong brand in the US market and

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GJEPC Launches First-of-its-Kind IJEX

Dubai: India and the United Arab Emirates celebrated the first anniversary of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Commemorating the 1st year of India-UAE CEPA, apex trade body Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) launched the first-of-its-kind India Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX), the 365-day exhibition platform in Dubai. His Excellency Mr. Juma Al Kait said, “Today as we celebrate

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Investment Will Be Key to Success: Philippe Mellier

Gaborone: Addressing a Sightholder reception yesterday, during the first De Beers Sight of 2015, Philippe Mellier, Chief Executive, De Beers Group, said that maintaining success in the diamond industry is dependent upon investment to sustain supply, finance and demand. Mr Mellier pointed to De Beers’ investment in mining projects in Botswana, South Africa and Canada to deliver sustainability of supply,

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Rio Tinto’s Zimbabwe Diamond Mine Output Drops

Harare: Rio Tinto said its 78 percent owned Murowa mine in Zimbabwe recorded a 4 percent drop in output to 101,000 carats during the fourth quarter of 2014. The company, which also has operations in Australia and Canada said its total rough diamond output declined 37 percent year on year to 2.841 million carats during the same period under consideration.

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World Gold Demand to Grow Sharply in 2015

London: The latest research report by HSBC predicts that gold demand will rebound sharply in 2015 and may reach more than 4100 tonnes. According to HSBC, there will be two reasons for that: the back of buoyed physical buying in the Asian region, and increased flow of money into bullion-based Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Gold prices posted annual drop in

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IGJA 2014 Awards Function in Mumbai on Jan 29

Mumbai: Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis will be the Chief Guest at function for the distribution of the India Gems & Jewellery Awards 2014 (IGJA) which will be held at NCPA, Mumbai on January 29, 2015. IGJA honours outstanding performers from within the industry across different product segments, banks and agencies involved in finance and supply of gold to

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