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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Bunder Diamond Project in India to be Auctioned

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh (India) government has decided to auction mining rights for the Bunder diamonds project in Chhattarpur district left mid-way by Rio Tinto in 2016, reports The Times of India. The state cabinet approved auction of diamond mines to companies based in Madhya Pradesh first and thereafter, mining firms from outside the state. “After exploration, the diamond reserves have

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Forevermark Hosts Programme for Retailers

Mumbai: Forevermark, the diamond brand from De Beers Group, recently organised a customised programme on ‘Leading Business Transformation’ for their authorized retailers at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in Shanghai at the NYU Campus, one of the foremost social science universities in the world. Working with the London School of Economics and Political Science, Forevermark built

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Rajesh Exports’ Profit Increases in 2018-19

(By Evaluate Research) Bengaluru: Rajesh Exports reported increased profitability for the financial year ended March 2019. For the full year, EPS increased by 2.1% to Rs.43.77 vs. Rs.42.87 in FY03/2018, while net profit also increased by 2.1% from Rs.12.6 bn in FY2018 to Rs.12.9 bn in FY03/2019. Reduction in finance costs by 18% to Rs.4.4 bn in FY2019 as compared

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Mithali Raj Unveils Rio Tinto’s Jewellery Collection

Bengaluru: Rio Tinto has partnered with Indian retailer Joyalukkas to launch an exclusive collection of jewellery made with diamonds from its Argyle mine in Western Australia. This exclusive range of bridal and fashion jewellery known as a Joyalukkas “Limited Edition” Eleganza collection is available at selected stores throughout India. Mithali Raj, captain of the Indian women’s cricket team and the

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WFDB Accepts Canada and S. Korea as New Members

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has accepted the applications for membership of two bourses – the Canada Diamond Bourse and the South Korean diamond exchange. WFDB members approved the applications at the 36th World Diamond Congress in Antwerp which opened yesterday. The Congress is the bi-annual meeting of WFDB and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA). The

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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

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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,

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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

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