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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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Reena Ahluwalia Launches Diamond Art NFTs
Toronto: Diamond artist and jewellery designer Reena Ahluwalia announced her first-ever Diamond Art Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs on OpenSea Marketplace. Reena’s ‘Diamond-Verse’ NFTs are ultra-rare Edition 1/1, along with limited Editions, 10/10. Reena’s NFTs extend her widely known diamond paintings into a 3D digital realm, expanding her distinct vision and imagination as an immersive luxury experience. Reena said, “I have
Cluster Mapping Report: The Path for Future Growth
Mumbai: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) survey data on Indian Gem & Jewellery industry reveals that in 2019 there were a total of 9.89 lakh units and 42.89 lakh workers in the sector. A total of 390 districts are identified as clusters based on the number of units working in the gem and jewellery sector. Since the
AWDC and ALROSA Renew Cooperation Agreement
Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the official representative of the Antwerp diamond industry, and ALROSA, world’s largest diamond mining company by volume, renewed their cooperation agreement today. The renewed cooperation agreement will further expand and strengthen the close relationship between and leadership roles of the two organizations over the course of the next years. The objective of this
Anglo American Plans to Fire un Vaccinated Workers
London: Anglo American, parent company of De Beers, plans to sack workers who refuse the Covid vaccine, according to a report in Daily Telegraph newspaper. The requirement will apply to “all employees, contractors and any visitors to Anglo sites as well as all new joiners,” the paper says, citing documents it has seen. London-based Anglo will reportedly introduce the policy early
Zimbabwe Orders Miners to Sell Gems through RBZ
Harare: The cash-strapped ruling ZANU PF government has issued an order to all diamond miners in the country to sell their gems through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines, Francis Gudyanga, reportedly wrote a letter to the companies explaining that the central bank will use the diamonds to secure a government loan.
Antwerp Hosts WDC and KP Chair
Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) welcomed the Kimberley Process (KP) Chair, His Excellency Wei Chuanzhong, Vice-Chair Bernardo Campos and the Mr. Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) for the purpose of renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the KP Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM). In 2012, the KP Plenary designated the World Diamond Council through
Barclays Fined $44 Million over Gold Fix
London: British authorities have fined Barclays, one of five banks that sets the price of gold each day in the London fix, nearly $44 million after a former trader improperly influenced the price-setting mechanism, reports jckonline.com. The British Financial Conduct Authority said that, in 2012, Daniel James Plunkett, a director on the bank’s precious metals desk, placed certain orders meant
GJF Announces Day-Long Interactive Workshop ‘Labham’
Mumbai: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) and all major G&J Trade Associations, has announced the first-ever educational ‘Labham’ programme on 1st June 2014 in Rajkot onwards for all jewellers, manufacturers, traders and other constituents of the G&J businesses in and around Rajkot. It will be held in Chennai on 10th June and in New Delhi on
