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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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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Lucara Earns $55 Million from First Tender of 2017

Vancouver: “When you’re selling your offcuts for almost $20 million, you know something is going right,” writes Thomas Biesheuvel for BloombergPursuits. “Lucara Diamond Corp. just sold a 373.7-carat diamond for US$17.5 million. For a company that has been unearthing some of the world’s biggest and most expensive stones in the past few years that may sound less impressive, until you

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IIJW to be Held from July 24-27, 2017

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has announced that it will be holding the seventh edition of the India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) from July 24 to July 27, 2017. The GJEPC has decided to implement a change in format of IIJW; this year, it will be a B2B show rather than a B2C event. This edition

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ALROSA Recovers New Large Diamond Crystal

Moscow: ALROSA reported it has produced a 83.5-carat diamond at its Jubilee kimberlite pipe. The diamond crystal has a yellowish semi-transparent tint, its dimensions are 24 х 15 х 17 mm. The stone has inclusions of sulfides, olivines with tensor cracks and pyrope in the intermediate and central zone. The Jubilee pipe has been developed as an open pit since

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GJEPC-BDB Host Seminar on GST for Diamond Trade

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in association with the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), hosted an Awareness Seminar on the forthcoming GST regime at the BDB premises on May 10, 2017. The seminar was addressed by Dr. Mangesh Gondavale, Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax and Nishant Shah from ELP, Tax, which is a consultant to the industry

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Bitcoin Growing in Adoption

New York: The cyber currency bitcoin is seeing increasing adoption, said a May 31 panel on “Bitcoin and the Jewelry Industry: What You Need to Know.” “In terms of the world’s economic system, bitcoin is doing small numbers,” said the panel’s moderator Verichannel CEO Jacques Voorhees, whose son works for a bitcoin company. “But the adoption rate is soaring.” Some

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Fresh Diamond Looting Spree in Marange

Harare: Observers have reported a fresh diamond looting spree, with security and army chiefs said to be working hand in glove with senior mining companies’ staff in the scam. Reports said the swindle is being spurred on by panic among mining staff members who are not sure of their fate following a government announcement that it will streamline diamond mining

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GJEPC Launches New Business Development and Marketing Campaign

Las Vegas, 31st May: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India announced a major, new, multi-level business development campaign at a news conference focused on the U.S., Canadian and South American markets. The purpose of the campaign is to re-invigorate, strengthen and expand GJEPC’s business development efforts and build trusted relationships between India’s key jewelry industry companies

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Overseas Traders Invited to Buy Offices in SDB

Surat, 30th May: After Mumbai, now Surat diamantaires are inviting diamond traders from abroad to set up offices at the proposed Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) here. Road Shows are being organized at Antwerp, Dubai, Hong Kong, China, UAE and Europe, to impress upon diamond traders to buy office space at the proposed diamond bourse, according to a report in The

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