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

Read More »

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

Read More »

Top News

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

AGL Celebrates Five Years under New Management

New York, 15th April: American Gemological Laboratories (AGL), a provider of high-quality gemstone analysis and reporting is celebrating its five-year anniversary under the stewardship of Christopher P. Smith. “Five years ago, AGL was re-privatized during one of the most difficult periods the US and world financial markets have experienced in recent decades. AGL, however, had a good reputation and we did

Read More »

Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India

Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have

Read More »

Latest Videos