With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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Gold Demand in 2019 Nudges Lower: WGC

Mumbai: Global gold demand declined to 4355.7 tonnes (t) in 2019, down 1% on 2018, according to the World Gold Council (WGC)’s latest Gold Demand Trends report. The year 2019 was broadly one of two distinct halves; resilience and growth across most sectors in the first six months contrasted with widespread weakness in the second. Central bank demand slowed in the second half – down 38% –

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WDC Appoints Elodie Daguzan as its New ED

New York: Elodie Daguzan is to become the new Executive Director of the World Diamond Council (WDC), following the approval of her appointment by the organization’s Board of Directors. She will officially assume duties on February 1, 2020.   A French native, Ms. Daguzan is a 19-year veteran of the diamond industry, having filled a variety of roles in various sectors

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De Beers Q4 Rough Production Drops by 15%

London: Anglo American yesterday (Thursday) announced that De Beers’ Q4 2019 production dropped by 15% to 7.8 million carats compared to Q4 2018 (9.1 million carats). The company said the lower figures were because of lower production levels in South Africa and Botswana. For the full year, De Beers’ diamond production totaled 30.8 million carats, a drop of 13% compared

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Forevermark Launches Second Boutique in Kolkata

Kolkata: Forevermark, the diamond brand from the De Beers Group, starts the new year with the launch of an exclusive boutique with Indian Gems and Jewellery Creation, a leading jewellery brand in Kolkata. This is the second Forevermark Boutique in the city, which exclusively retails Forevermark diamonds in a wide variety of elegant cuts, designer jewellery and loose diamonds. Forevermark diamonds are the world’s most carefully

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Ekati Diamond Mine to Close Following Unsuccessful Sale Process

Toronto: Canada’s Ekati diamond mine is set to cease operations after owner Burgundy Diamond Mines failed to secure a buyer for the asset during a court-supervised sale process. According to documents filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the sale process did not attract any compliant bids, leaving the company without the funding needed to continue operations. Burgundy has

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IIJS Bharat Premiere Receives Message from PM

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) is organizing the 42nd edition of IIJS Bharat – Premiere from 5th to 9th August 2026 at Jio Convention Centre, BKC and from 6th to 10th August at the NESCO, Goregaon, Mumbai. On this occasion, India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has sent a special message to the GJEPC wishing the

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IIJ Awards on 2nd October in Mumbai

Mumbai: The India International Jewellery Awards (IIJA), an initiative by IBJA (India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd.) & Tefla’s is back—bringing together industry excellence, inspiring stories, and a distinguished celebrity jury. A $90B+ industry — and until now, no single honour platform that recognized all of it: from the master karigar at the workbench to the global icon whose work

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GJC & SGL Sign MoU to Launch SGL Pavilion at GJS Diwali Edition 2026

Mumbai: The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) and SGL (Solitaire Gemmological Laboratories) have entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the SGL Pavilion at the GJS Diwali Edition 2026, scheduled from 2nd to 4th October 2026 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai. The dedicated SGL Pavilion, comprising 40 booths, will bring together leading

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