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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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SSEF Launches GemTrack
Basel: The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has announced the launch today of GemTrack™, a new service providing expert scientific opinion linking a cut gemstone to the rough stone from which it originated, thus enabling gemmologically the documentation of part of the stone’s journey from mine to market. The GemTrack™ service involves the combination of crystallographic, structural, chemical and microscopic analyses, which allow for
IIGJ to Provide Services from Udupi also
Mumbai: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, inaugurated the Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ), Udupi, an initiative of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), established with the support of Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman Hon’ble Union Minister of Defence. With this IIGJ Udupi and others in Mumbai, New Delhi, Varanasi & Jaipur, GJEPC
Coimbatore Gets Common Facility Centre
Mumbai: India’s Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Mr. Suresh Prabhu laid the foundation of the Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Coimbatore – the ‘Ratna Abhushan Suvidha Kendra’, is a project by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Present on the occasion were Mr. B Sabarinath (President, Coimbatore
DPA Launches New Diamond Campaign
Mumbai: Diamond Producers Association (DPA) recently announced the third wave of the Real is Rare, Real is a Diamond campaign. Entitled ‘For Me, From Me’, the campaign is inspired by the natural diamond industry’s strongest growth engine, women self-purchase, which today represents one-third of all diamond jewelry sales in the US, a $43 billion diamond market that grew +4% in
Amit Shah Graces 52nd India Gems & Jewellery Awards
Industry’s premier awards bring together national and state leadership, recognising excellence and India’s growing global ambitions Mumbai: In a landmark gathering that brought together the country’s political leadership and the leadership of India’s gem and jewellery industry, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) hosted the prestigious 52nd India Gems & Jewellery Awards (IGJA), with Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble
Gemfields Generates $29.6m from Emerald Auction
London: Gemfields Group Limited announced that its latest commercial-quality emerald auction generated $29.6 million, with every lot sold and the average realized price rising sharply from its previous sale. The auction, held between 24 August and 10 September, achieved $9.72 per carat, compared with $7.46 at the November-December 2025 auction. Total proceeds were also up from $25.4 million despite the volume
WGC Unveils New Chapter of ‘The Moment is Gold’
The World Gold Council (WGC) has unveiled the latest chapter of its ongoing campaign, ‘The Moment is Gold’. Building on the campaign’s central idea of celebrating life’s meaningful moments through gold, the latest film “First Diwali” captures a young couple experiencing their first Diwali together, a deeply personal milestone marked by warmth, belonging and new beginnings. The campaign reinforces how gold
JGTD to Open from 27th October
Dubai: The Middle East’s most global B2B jewellery sourcing event is all set for its fifth edition this October! Jewellery, Gem & Technology in Dubai (JGTD) opens from 27–29 October 2026 in North Halls N21 and N23 of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), reaffirming the fair’s status as the region’s go-to marketplace for fine jewellery, diamonds, coloured gemstones and technology. Featuring
