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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De Beers to Start Third-Party Polished Sales

Gaborone: Sellers and buyers of responsibly sourced, exceptional polished diamonds will be able to transact anonymously via the De Beers Auction Sales platform for the first time this month, when the exceptional polished stones auction is held on 29 June. Buyers and sellers will benefit from the confidence of using the business’ exceptional platform for exceptional stones and accessing its

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Dominion Gains Strong Rise in Output in Fiscal Q1

Toronto: Dominion Diamond Corporation reported a 17 percent rise in carats recovered to 2.15 million carats in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 from 1.83 million carats a year before. This was largely due to production from the high-grade Misery Main pipe at the Ekati mine, with stable production at the Diavik mine for the three month period ending April

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GJEPC Conducts GST Awareness Seminars

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council has been conducting awareness programmes across major manufacturing centres to help the gem and jewellery export industry get ready for the new GST regime that is expected to come into force on July 1, 2017. In Surat at the seminar on June 9, the exporters were addressed by two leading CAs, CA

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Alrosa Seeks Tax Benefit for Diamond Sales in India

Mumbai: Russian rough diamond miner Alrosa has sought tax neutrality from the government to set up its representative office in India, reports Business Standard. Alrosa has started making small allocations through its intermittent exhibition of rough diamonds in the Special Notified Zone (SNZ) at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB). The company sells large quantities through Dubai and Belgium. Rough diamond

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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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First Texas-Israel Diamond Show in September

Ramat Gan: This fall strategic cooperation between the Texas Jewelers Association (TJA) and the Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) will produce the first Texas-Israel Diamond Show in San Antonio from September 29 – 30, 2014. This is the first time that jewelers in Texas and surrounding states will be offered the opportunity to buy diamonds directly from the source. The unique

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India Hikes Import Tariff Value on Gold, Silver

New Delhi: The Indian government yesterday hiked import tariff value on gold and silver to USD 411 per 10 grams and USD 632 per kg as global prices have increased in the wake of escalating violence in Iraq. In the first fortnight of this month, tariff value on imported gold stood at USD 408 per 10 grams and silver at

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