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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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Banking Finance Support to G&J Sector Declined by 10%
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), apex body for the gem and jewellery trade in India, set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, today stated that there has been at least 10 percent decline in bank finance to the gem and jewellery sector which is going to adversely impact exports out of the country. This
Golden Opportunity for G&J Workers in Sinhudurg
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body for the gem and jewellery trade in India, set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, organized a skill building training programme for gem & jewellery sector at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. India’s Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Mr. Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the programme. Mr. Suresh Prabhu
De Beers to Move 200 Elephants from SA to Mozambique
Gaborone: De Beers Group has begun to transport 200 elephants across 1,500km from its Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve (VLNR) in South Africa to Mozambique. The operation, one of the largest elephant translocations ever recorded in South Africa, is part of a major conservation initiative to protect the welfare of wildlife in South Africa and help restore Mozambique’s elephant population. For
De Beers Group Acquires Peregrine Diamonds
Gaborone: De Beers Group is pleased to announce that its Canadian mining business, De Beers Canada, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding securities of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd (TSX: PGD) (“Peregrine”), owner of the high quality Chidliak diamond resource located in Canada’s Nunavut Territory, at a purchase price of C$0.24 per share, for a
IIJS Bharat Premiere 2026 Opens with New FTAs, New Markets
Mumbai: The 42nd edition of IIJS Bharat Premiere opened at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, today, against the most favourable trade backdrop the Indian gem and jewellery industry has ever known. A succession of free trade agreements — with the UAE, Australia, Oman and the United Kingdom, with the European Union and New Zealand to follow — has redrawn
BDB Hosts Presentation on Fluorescence in Natural Diamonds by GIA Experts
Mumbai: In the latest round of Leadership Series talks hosted by Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), two senior experts from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)-Mr. Sriram Natarajan, Senior Vice President, Global Laboratory Operations, GIA, and Dr. Yun Luo, Director, Metrology and Quality Control, GIA, highlighted some of the institute’s latest scientific research into the impact of fluorescence on the appearance of natural
INNOV8: Innovative Seminars at IIJS Premiere
Mumbai: The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Bharat Premiere 2026, being held by GJEPC between 5th & 10th August at two different venues of Mumbai has, as usual also organized the Innov8, a series of innovative seminar at both the venues. The schedule is given below: Some of the key sessions at BEC Hall 6 include:6 Aug: Luxury Jewellery, Retail
Qatar Diamond Exchange Joins the WFDB
Doha: The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has officially been admitted as a member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), the exclusive organization that – as of now – unites 27 diamond bourses on five continents under common trading rules and a shared code of conduct. QDE’s admission was announced during the 41st World Diamond Congress, convened by the
