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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Surat Bounces back to Normalcy

Mumbai: Surat, the world’s leading cutting and polishing diamond manufacturing hub, is humming again. Despite the imposed restrictions due to the pandemic till sometime back, many leading manufacturers aren’t reporting any new Covid cases. Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said, “Cut and polished diamonds are a major contributor to the overall India’s

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New Natural Diamond Price Guide Launched

Tel Aviv: UNI Diamonds, a fintech company focused on building a global marketplace for diamonds, has announced a strategic relationship with a leading diamond price organisation and IDEX (International Diamond Exchange) to create the first fully-transparent and unbiased price guide for the natural polished diamond industry. The Diamond Price Guide provides up-to-date wholesale market prices guidance. It is based on

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Jewellery & Gem Digital World Gears up for Oct. Debut

Hong Kong: Informa Markets Jewellery and Atelier Technology jointly launched today Jewellery & Gem Digital World (J&G Digital World), the first in a series of virtual events that will bring the global jewellery marketplace right to your home. Scheduled for 27 – 29 October, J&G Digital World will be live 24 hours a day during the event period with exhibitors’ individual team members having the flexibility

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IIJS Goes Virtual: Gets Huge Exhibitor Response

Mumbai: India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Virtual, the digital edition of  the GJEPC’s flagship August show, that is scheduled to be held from 12th to 16th October, 2020, has already created a buzz among industry circles, with initial exhibitor interest exceeding the expectations of the organisers. The economic shockwave sent around the world by the Covid pandemic had naturally created

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GJEPC Donates Rs One Crore to Make A Wish India

Mumbai: Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organized “Jewellers for Hope” charity dinner in association with GSI, yesterday in Mumbai. Leading bollywood celebrities Kajol, Boman Irani, Siddharth Roy Kapur graced the evening hosted by Raageshwari Sachdeva-Badola in the presence of the whose-who of the gems & jewellery trade. The “Jewellers for Hope” annual charity dinner is the first edition

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India Reduces Tariff Value on Gold

New Delhi: The India government recently reduced the import tariff value on gold to USD 425 per 10 grams due to falling international prices. On the other hand, the tariff value on silver was raised to USD 690 per kg. As on June 30, the tariff value on imported gold stood at USD 428 per 10 grams and silver at

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Silver Price to be Set by New System

London: The London silver price mechanism will now be set via an electronic, auction-based mechanism administrated by CME Group and Thomson Reuters, according to a statement from the London Bullion Market Association. The new mechanism was chosen because it is electronic, “auction-based and auditable and tradable with an increased number of direct participants,” the LBMA said in a statement. CME

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De Beers Boosts Q2 Diamond Output

Gaborone: De Beers increased its output 7 percent year on year to 8.515 million carats in the second quarter of the year. The group was targeting an output of between 30 million and 32 million carats this year. Anglo American, which owns 85 percent of the diamond group, said in a statement that the increase was mainly due to higher

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