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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AGD Diamonds Enters International Diamond Market

Mumbai: JSC Arkhangelskgeoldobycha was officially renamed ‘JSC AGD DIAMONDS’ recently due to its new marketing policy and the brand’s international positioning aimed at its customers, the buyers of rough diamonds. During the month of June, the company produced 234,000 tons of ore at the Grib Diamond Field and raked in more than $46 million from rough sales. According to Sergey

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Synthdetect Wins Innovation of the Year at JNA Awards

Hong Kong: The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), a member of De Beers Group announced that its industry-first synthetic screening device, SYNTHdetect, was awarded Industry Innovation of the Year at last night’s JNA Awards in Hong Kong. Launched last year, SYNTHdetect is the first synthetic diamond screening device to simultaneously test multiple stones in set jewellery and

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3rd World Meeting of Mujeres Brillantes Held in Medrid

Madrid: It happened the last week on September 12nd to 15th , Third World Meeting Mujeres Brillantes, where several women´s jewellery have met to discuss the progress of the association’s creation in 2016 to the present day . The chosen city this time was Madrid, Spain during the prestigious Spanish Jewelry Show , Madrid Joya attended by members of the group

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Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair Ends with Record Sales

Bangkok: The 62nd Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair experienced overwhelming success with Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) revealing that sales at the fair totaled 2,389.74 million baht, exceeding the initial target. Buyers worldwide expressed interest and admiration for jewelry made by up-and-coming brands as well as Thai SMEs, generating immediate sales and opportunities to become trade partners in the future.

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ADB's Profit -31%, Interest Income +13%

Antwerp: The Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB), a subsidiary of the KBC Bank, reported that its balance sheet fell 7 percent year on year to $2.4 billion (EUR 1.692 billion) in 2013, according to a report published on Rapaport. A selective credit issuing policy during the year held the bank’s number of debtors stable, and global net interest income rose almost

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Chow Tai Fook to Buy Hearts On Fire for $150 Mn

Beijing: Chinese retailer and manufacturer Chow Tai Fook is buying all the assets of diamond brand Hearts On Fire for $150 million in cash, reports jckonline. The company will be run as a standalone division under current management, a statement said, though there are plans to introduce the brand into Chow Tai Fook’s retail network in Hong Kong, China, Macau,

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Hardest Synthetic Diamond Ever Made Unveiled

Beijing: Chinese researchers from Yanshan University have created a synthetic diamond harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures, according to a report published in mining.com The team, led by Yongjun Tian, says the new form of diamond could be used to make superior cutting or crushing tools, capable of operate under very extreme conditions. The

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'Presidents Forum' Formed

Antwerp: The heads of the jewellery and diamond industry’s four leading international representative bodies have agreed on Tuesday to establish “The Presidents Forum,” which is a joint consultative committee with its members being the presidents of each organization. Together they will discuss and formulate coordinated strategies and policies for the industry on important issues of common interest. Hosted by Dr.

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