We Wish to Build Globally Relevant SKY Gold: Akash Talesara
Israel’s Diamond Industry Under Severe Pressure
Did Natural Diamond Ind. Misjudge LGD Threat?
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
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
Top News
India's Platinum Jewellery Sales Grow by 35%: PJBR
Hong Kong: Despite global geopolitical and economic challenges and the dampening effect of COVID-19, strategic efforts by Platinum Guild International (PGI) to boost sales and heighten the desirability of precious platinum have forged upswings in key markets, as evidenced by the Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR) Q3 2022. “PGI’s mission to boost the desirability of platinum and drive sales for
CBI Files 3 New Cases against Mehul Choksi
Mumbai: India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed three FIRs on Friday against fugitive Mehul Choksi for cheating and causing a loss of ₹6,800 crore to a consortium of banks. All the FIRs are filed by Mr. Vijay Wadhwa, Deputy General Manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) on March 21, 2022. The first one states that Mehul Choksi, director of
Stage Set for Nirav Modi's Extradition to India
London: In his appeal, Nirav Modi argued that there was a high risk of suicide if he was extradited to India to face trial in the multi-crore PNB scam case. Diamond merchant Nirav Modi, accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, suffered another setback in his legal battle against his extradition to India. The High
India Simplifies Jewellery E-Commerce By Post
Mumbai: India’s Ministry of Finance through ‘Central Board Of Indirect Taxes And Customs’ Notification CBIC No. 104/2022- Customs (N.T.) and No. 103/2022-Customs (N.T.) dated 9th December 2022 has notified the Postal Export (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2022 and has amended the ‘Exports by Post’ Regulations 2018 respectively for allowing postal authorities to set up, operate and maintain the PBE (Postal
CIBJO Gives Sustainability Frame for Pearl Sector
Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has presented an outline for sustainability in the cultured pearl sector, emphasizing that a comprehensive approach must be taken that addresses economic, environmental and social responsibility. He was speaking at the Sustainable Pearls Forum, which took place in Hong Kong on June 21. The cultured pearl industry provides an opportunity to introduce concepts that often
Gold Curb Relaxations on the Way…
New Delhi: The government of India has indicated that there is a need to ease norms for bullion imports to boost supplies and jewellery exports. “There is a need of rationalisation in (gold import) duty and (gold import) procedure….We have already made it clear that there is a need to look at the current gold import regime,” commerce secretary Rajeev
RBI's Credit Limit Troubles Diamond Units
Surat: At least 350 small and medium diamond companies in the world’s biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat are facing severe financial problems with Indian banks strictly implementing the 90 days credit limit for overseas payment to rough diamond dealers in Antwerp and Dubai for the past four months, reports The Times of India. The Gem and Jewellery
India Eyes Direct Diamond Tie-Ups with Russia
Mumbai: With the threat of US economic sanctions on Russia hanging like a Damocles sword, India’s gem and jewellery industry is gearing to establish direct contacts with Russia, to source rough diamonds, reports Business Line. Supply of roughs from Russia to Dubai and Belgium could be severely impacted if the US imposes economic sanctions on Russia, say exporters. Currently, the
