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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CIBJO Launches New Informational Website

Milan: CIBJO has launched a new informational website, called “What is a Diamond?” Its purpose is to inform consumers and members of the jewellery and gemstone industry about the precise terminology that should be used to describe both natural diamonds and man-made diamonds. Located on the web at www.whatisadiamond.org, the new website is an initiative of CIBJO’s Diamond Commission, and

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De Beers Extends Global Partnership with UN Women

Gaborone: In celebration of International Women’s Day, De Beers Group is pleased to announce it has extended its global partnership with UN Women for a further five years. Joining the newly-formed HeForShe Alliance, De Beers Group commits to increasing the representation of women in technical and leadership roles within its business, as it works towards achieving gender parity across its

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Platinum Evara Pays an Ode to Women Leaders

Mumbai: To say that 2020 forced a lot of introspection and brought about much disruption would be an understatement. It left every facet of our lives open to change. And every anticipated change was accelerated. Those in leadership included. There has been a resounding call to re-evaluate what makes for a good leader. It has meant a shift away from

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Mumbai Police’s Women Warriors Honoured

Mumbai: The occasion of International Women’s Day celebrates the spirit of womanhood and the indispensable contribution of women in society. This year, an extensive initiative was undertaken with the support of GIA India [an independent subsidiary of Gemological Institute of America (GIA)], Gem & Jewellery National Relief Foundation (GJNRF) and Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care’s Women Empowerment Initiative – ‘Raj Uphaar’, to applaud the significant

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De Beers Revenue +15% to $4B

Gaborone: Anglo American’s group underlying earnings rose 3 percent to $1.284 billion for the first half that ended on June 30 and De Beers contribution of $469 million reflected an increase of 59 percent. The second greatest contribution to Anglo’s profit, of $443 million, came from the iron ore and manganese unit. Anglo’s profit attributable to shareholders jumped 263 percent

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India’s Rough Imports Inceased by 16.19%

Mumbai: India’s cut & polished diamond exports for month of June 2014 has registered $1,469 million (2,695,000 carats), showing a decrease of 0.66 percent against $1,478.81 million (2,806,000 carats) during June 2013, according to the provisional figures announced by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India. For the period of April 2014 to June 2014 too, cut

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3 Carat Synthetic Largest-Ever Grown Gem

New York: Pure Grown, the man-made diamond company formerly known as Gemesis, is selling a 3 ct. K SI stone­—which it calls the largest colorless diamond ever produced by nonnatural means, reports jckonline. Lisa Bissell, the Fabrikant veteran recently appointed president and CEO of the company, says that she has every intention of selling the gem, which has a report

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Zimbabwe Imposes Embargo on Rough Export

Harare: The Zimbabwean government has reportedly banned the export of rough diamonds to ensure the country realises maximum value for its gems. NewsDay quoted Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidhakwa as saying that the issue was extensively discussed and Cabinet agreed and directed that “we implement the new institutional programme”. He said Harare had recognized that it was “not

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