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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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Win A Diamond Contest by HRD Antwerp
Antwerp: HRD Antwerp has organized from Monday July 3 to Sunday July 9, a Summer Contest on its Social Media platforms to discover what a diamond symbolizes for online community. “To participate, post an original photo or video about what a diamond symbolizes for you on your public Instagram account, and make us dream away with you,” says a press
Indian Women Invited at 'Mujeres Brillantes' Meeting
Vicenza: “Mujeres Brillantes” (Brilliant Women), a group of about 500 businesswomen operating in the gold and jewellery sector that, although mainly from Latin America, also come from Turkey, Russia, Italy, Romania and Israel, will organize its maiden global meeting in September, 2017 at the VICENZAORO exhibition. The “Mujeres Brillantes” mission is to help women in the jewellery and watch sector
India Enters New Economic Era of GST
New Delhi: India early on Saturday introduced its biggest tax reform in the 70 years since independence from British colonial rule. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaces more than a dozen federal and state levies and unifying a $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into one of the world’s biggest common markets. The measure is expected to make
Sarine Takes Legal Action Against Indian Businessmen
Ahmedabad: Sarine Technologies Group has filed lawsuits in India seeking injunctive reliefs and damages for patent and software copyright infringement, says a press release from the company. According to the press note, some businessmen in India have infringed on Sarine’s patented technologies for internal inclusion mapping, and its copyrighted AdvisorTM software for rough diamond planning, in order to illicitly provide
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
Indian Leaders Elected to the CIBJO Board of Directors
Vicenza: At the conclusion of the CIBJO Centenary Congress in Italy on September 7, the General Assembly elected several prominent leaders from the Indian gem and jewellery sector to the Board of Directors of The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO). Key Appointments & Leadership: Industry Impact & Key Initiatives Founded as the oldest global organization in the gem and jewellery trade,
CIBJO Backs ‘Synthetic’ Terminology for Lab Growns
Vicenza: Meeting in Vicenza, Italy, on September 7, 2026, after the conclusion of the Centenary CIBJO Congress, the organization’s Board of Directors approved a recommendation by its Diamond Commission and Coloured Stone Commission that the Blue Books be revised so that the word “synthetic” be the sole descriptor used to accurately and scientifically define a created product with the same chemical
