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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
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Shine your New Season with Platinum Love Bands
Mumbai: Rare is a love that commits to doing a million things for each other every day. As couples #CommitToLove, they commit to being each other’s best friends, advisors and partners through all the small moments and the big milestones, always finding strength in the rare love that they share. Be it cheering for your partner, listening to their favourite
De Beers Releases Diamond Insight Report 2022
London: Ethical assurances, ‘phygital’ retail strategies, branded offerings and Web3 experiences are key trends shaping how diamond consumers – in particular Gen Z – perceive and engage with diamond jewellery, according to new research published by De Beers Group in the 2022 Diamond Insight Report – A new diamond world: bringing trusted brands to new generations in a digital age. Based on
KP Reform Essential to Stay Relevant, Says WDC
Gaborone: If the Kimberley Process (KP) does not adopt the reforms necessary to ensure that its rough certification scheme remains relevant in a changed world, natural diamonds could lose relevance with the new generations of socially conscious diamond consumers, said World Diamond Council (WDC) President Edward Asscher, in his address to the Opening Session of the KP Plenary in Gaborone,
RJC Appoints Edward Asscher as Vice Chairman
New York: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the leading standards organisation of the global jewellery and watch industry, announced that its board of directors had appointed Edward Asscher as its Vice Chairman, and appointed Marianne Zani to its board. Each received unanimous approval by the board at its meeting in London on 6th October, the first in-person board meeting since
De Beers July Sight Estimated at $775M
Gaborone: The De Beers July sight closed with an estimated value of $775 million. De Beers reportedly raised prices slightly on most goods by 1 percent to 2 percent with sharper hikes in the prices of smaller and lower-quality diamonds. Sightholders noted that De Beers also changed the assortment in its presentation, which partially offset the higher prices of its
RBI Relaxes Ceiling on Loans against Gold
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has relaxed the Rs 1-lakh ceiling on loans for nonagricultural purposes against pledged gold and has left it to individual banks to decide on a lending cap. “Banks, as per their board-approved policy, may decide upon the ceiling with regard to the quantum of loans that may be granted against the pledge of gold
De Beers Announces Model for Rough Allocations
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced its updated model for the allocation of rough diamonds by Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in respect of the March 2015–March 2018 contractual period. Around 90% of De Beers’ total rough diamond availability by value is sold through GSS. The updated allocations model will involve a new method for determining GSS’s rough
Global Diamond Production +11% to $14B in 2013
Gaborone: Global diamond production by value rose 11 percent year on year to $14.09 billion in 2013, due mainly to an increase in the average price of rough diamonds, according to annual data published by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. By volume, global production increased 2 percent to 130.48 million carats, while the average price of production grew 9 percent
