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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
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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"Diamonds Across Time" Book is Available Online!
London: “Diamonds Across Time,” the World Diamond Museum’s first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, is now available for purchase online. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned jewellery expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan. It includes 432 pages with 309 rich illustrations. She and nine other distinguished authors
J.A.D.E. by GJSCI Virtually Launched
Mumbai: J.A.D.E. (Jewellery Artificial Intelligence & Data-science Excellence) by Gems & Jewellery Skills Council of India (GJSCI) was launched in a virtual ceremony on 30th November 2020. The Chief Guest was Prof Chaudhuri (Director, IIT Bombay) and the Guest of Honor was Mr. Manish Kumar (MD & CEO, NSDC). JADE is a center of excellence for artificial intelligence focusing on
De Beers Announces Ambitious 2030 Goals
Mumbai:De Beers has announced 12 ambitious sustainability goals for the coming decade, including achieving gender parity throughout its workforce, supporting 10,000 women entrepreneurs in its diamond producing partner countries and being carbon neutral within its own operations by 2030. The 12 goals are part of De Beers’ Building Forever framework – a sustainability approach embedded in the business’s commercial strategy and focused on
Customs to Allow Shipments through Courier Mode
Mumbai: India’s Central Board of lndirect Taxes & Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has clarified that gems and jewellery (G&J) exports from the country could now take place through the courier mode, acceding to this long-standing demand of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to make B2C, small-value, e-commerce exports economically viable. Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC
Botswana Leadership Takes its Place on The World Stage
Gaborone: The Government of Botswana in collaboration with the Diamond Sector, has launched the 60 Years of Diamond Leadership Initiative and unveiled the diamond embedded medals for the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 at the Botswana National Museum. This moment marks a defining shift in Botswana’s diamond journey: from resource extraction to global reputation; from mineral value to public
GJC Issues Statewide Guidelines & Multilingual SOPs
Mumbai: The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has launched a comprehensive industry-wide initiative to safeguard jewellery traders across Maharashtra by rolling out structured guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at ensuring fair, transparent, and accountable policing practices during theft investigations. This initiative follows the Government of Maharashtra’s circular dated March 14, 2024, and reflects GJC’s proactive
Roadmap for Gold Innovation & Global Reach
Mumbai: Senior leadership from the World Gold Council’s (WGC) London head office visited the Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ), Mumbai, on 21 April 2026, with a clear focus on advancing gold jewellery innovation through design, technology and new product concepts. The visit explored collaboration on talent development alongside innovation-led initiatives, with the delegation also interacting with students exhibiting
Programme of 41st WDC Available on Website
Singapore: The Organizing Committee of the 41st World Diamond Congress (WDC), to be held July 12-15, 2026, in Singapore, announced that the full programme of the three-day event is now available and can be viewed in full on the dedicated Congress website. While the Congress panels for the joint WFDB and IDMA sessions were published earlier, the full programme now
