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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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Our Industry Has Optimistic Future: Ernie Blom
Mumbai: Mr. Ernest (Ernie) Blom, one of the most experienced and envisioned leaders of the global diamond industry today, is President of World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), Honorary Life President of WFDB, Chairman of Diamond Dealers Club of South Africa and associated with many other trade bodies. In an exclusive interview with Gems2jewellery.com, Mr. Blom has discussed various issues
Forevermark Passes 2,000 Global Retail Doors
Gaborone: Forevermark, the diamond brand from The De Beers Group of Companies, today announced it has passed 2,000 retail doors globally, following the opening of the Zen Diamond Anatolium store in the city of Bursa in Turkey. The milestone consolidates Forevermark’s position as one of the world’s fastest-growing diamond brands. Forevermark was launched in 2008 with the promise of diamonds
MCX signs MoU with Singapore Diamond Exchange
Mumbai: The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) has recently signed an MoU with Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX) for establishing areas of cooperation. “We have signed an MoU with SDiX, the world’s first and only commodity exchange trading in physically settled diamonds or establishing areas of cooperation, between the two exchanges. The MoU was signed at a ceremony
US Embassy & Consulate Officials Visit GJEPC
Mumbai: A team of officials from the US Embassy in Delhi and the US Consulate in Mumbai yesterday visited the GJEPC office in Mumbai where they held discussions on a number of issues with the GJEPC Secretariat. During the meeting, Sabyasachi Ray, ED made a presentation on the Indian gem and jewellery industry with some details of each of the
Gold Prices Unlikely to Settle due to Iraq Tensions
Mumbai: With the turmoil in Ukraine almost gone from the headlines, gold’s status as a hard asset and storer of wealth in times of trouble lost some of its shine. But as Iraq spirals into all-out war and the US looks in danger of being pulled back into a conflict it has spent the last six years extricating itself from,
122.52 Carat Blue Diamond Found at Cullinan
Johannesburg: In what is shaping up to be one of most the amazing diamond finds in recent times, a 122.52 ct. blue diamond—the size of a walnut—has been discovered at the Cullinan mine in South Africa, said mine owner Petra Diamonds. Blue diamonds are ultrarare, as are stones weighing more than 100 cts.—making this, as Petra puts it, a “truly
KP Should Focus on Conflict-Torn Regions only
Shanghai: The newly elected president of the World Diamond Council (WDC) Edward Asscher, put a chill Tuesday on the movement to expand the scope of the Kimberley Process and so cover general human rights abuses, stating the trade body should focus exclusively on diamonds proceeding from conflict zones. Speaking at the Intercessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process in Shanghai, Asscher
DDE’s Peter Meeus Hits Back at PAC Claims
Dubai: Dubai Diamond Exchange Chairman Peter Meeus replied to what he called “serious allegations” made by Partnership Africa Canada about Dubai at the Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional meeting taking place in Shanghai. “First of all we were surprised to see that Mr. Martin quoted an FAFT (Financial Action Task Force) report on ML/TF (Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing) of 150 pages in
