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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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G&J Industry May Take a Year to Recover After GST
Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery industry may take at least 12 months to recover after implementation of goods and services tax (GST) since the organised segment in the industry comprises only 30 per cent of the trade. “Behavioural change is necessary in both the consumer and the trade and the inherent complexity of the supply chain will need to be factored
ALROSA Revenue Fell 17% in Q1 2017
Moscow: ALROSA published its financial results on IFRS for the first quarter of 2017, and reported its revenue fell 17% year on year. ALROSA’s Q1 2017 revenue totalled RUB 84.8 bn, up 38% on the previous quarter and down 17% year on year. EBITDA totaled RUB 35.2 bn, with EBITDA margin totalled 42%. Net income totalled RUB 22.7 bn. Free
Signet Jewellers Sales Down in 1st Fiscal Quarter
New York: Signet Jewellers said its first quarter total sales were $1,403.4 million, down $175.5 million or 11.1% compared with the first quarter last year, while same store sales decreased 11.5% compared to one year ago. The number of transactions decreased across all divisions due to declining brick and mortar store traffic. Merchandise categories and collections were broadly lower in
ALROSA Unearths 60.32 Carat Diamond
Moscow: ALROSA said on Friday it had extracted a large diamond weighing 60.32 carats, which is priced by experts at about $ 174 500. The diamond, which is a transparent octahedron-shaped stone with a yellowish hue, was extracted at the Gornoye alluvial diamond field with a dredge of Concentrating Plant No. 3 belonging to the company’s Mirny Mining Division. This
ALROSA Expects 5-Percent Growth in Rough Prices
Moscow: ALROSA expects that global rough prices will go up by 5% in 2014 over the last year, according to the ITAR-TASS report from St. Petersburg. This was disclosed to journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Fyodor Andreev, President of ALROSA. “We reckoned on a growth rate of 5%. I think it is achievable,”
Zimbabwe Orders Miners to Sell Gems through RBZ
Harare: The cash-strapped ruling ZANU PF government has issued an order to all diamond miners in the country to sell their gems through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines, Francis Gudyanga, reportedly wrote a letter to the companies explaining that the central bank will use the diamonds to secure a government loan.
Antwerp Hosts WDC and KP Chair
Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) welcomed the Kimberley Process (KP) Chair, His Excellency Wei Chuanzhong, Vice-Chair Bernardo Campos and the Mr. Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) for the purpose of renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the KP Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM). In 2012, the KP Plenary designated the World Diamond Council through
Barclays Fined $44 Million over Gold Fix
London: British authorities have fined Barclays, one of five banks that sets the price of gold each day in the London fix, nearly $44 million after a former trader improperly influenced the price-setting mechanism, reports jckonline.com. The British Financial Conduct Authority said that, in 2012, Daniel James Plunkett, a director on the bank’s precious metals desk, placed certain orders meant
