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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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NDC Expands ASSURE Program
Mumbai: The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has announced the expansion of the market leading ASSURE Program designed to protect consumers and safeguard the integrity of the natural diamond supply chain by supporting Diamond Verification Instrument manufacturers. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to maintain consumer confidence in the diamond jewellery industry. The ASSURE Program was first launched in 2019
Indo-UAE Global Connect Explores Opportunities
Mumbai: India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) hosted another edition of India Global Connect, a business networking meet, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 23rd September 2021. The meet provided a virtual platform to the gem and jewellery manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers from India to connect with the trade in the UAE to explore business opportunities. The
CIBJO releases Diamond Special Report
Milan: With fewer than five weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the fourth of this year’s CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report focuses on a three-part process to establish comprehensive standards for diamonds through the International Organisation for
Gold’s Role in Decarbonising Investment Portfolios
Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) has recently launched a new report “Gold and climate change: Decarbonising investment portfolios”, which looks at gold’s potential impact on the carbon profile of investment portfolios and their alignment with climate targets. This report aims to provide investors and stakeholders with a greater understanding of the implications regarding the transition to net zero carbon
Diamond Mfrg. Industry Fighting for Survival: IDMA
Antwerp: “Diamond manufacturers worldwide are fighting for their survival. They are caught between – and battered by – the proverbial hammer, a rough diamond supply system that is foul and faulty – and the anvil, a vertically integrated financial structure that basically continues to bleed them,” Maxim Shkadov, president of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), the representative body of
Gold Prices Unlikely to Settle due to Iraq Tensions
Mumbai: With the turmoil in Ukraine almost gone from the headlines, gold’s status as a hard asset and storer of wealth in times of trouble lost some of its shine. But as Iraq spirals into all-out war and the US looks in danger of being pulled back into a conflict it has spent the last six years extricating itself from,
122.52 Carat Blue Diamond Found at Cullinan
Johannesburg: In what is shaping up to be one of most the amazing diamond finds in recent times, a 122.52 ct. blue diamond—the size of a walnut—has been discovered at the Cullinan mine in South Africa, said mine owner Petra Diamonds. Blue diamonds are ultrarare, as are stones weighing more than 100 cts.—making this, as Petra puts it, a “truly
KP Should Focus on Conflict-Torn Regions only
Shanghai: The newly elected president of the World Diamond Council (WDC) Edward Asscher, put a chill Tuesday on the movement to expand the scope of the Kimberley Process and so cover general human rights abuses, stating the trade body should focus exclusively on diamonds proceeding from conflict zones. Speaking at the Intercessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process in Shanghai, Asscher
