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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down
Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the
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BDB Honoured with Excellence in Surveillance Award
Mumbai: Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), the world’s largest diamond trading hub, has been awarded the Excellence in Surveillance Award at the prestigious IFSEC India Awards 2025, in recognition of its outstanding leadership in security management and advanced surveillance practices. The IFSEC India Awards are among the most respected recognitions in the security and safety industry, celebrating organizations that demonstrate innovation,
Comprehensive Discussion on Govt. G&J Policy
Mumbai: Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), in association with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), organized an exclusive awareness and outreach session on the Maharashtra Gems & Jewellery (G&J) Policy 2025. The event featured an engaging and insightful interaction with Mr. Deependra Singh Kushwah (IAS), Development Commissioner (Industries), Government of Maharashtra whose forward-looking perspective offered industry stakeholders a comprehensive
Piyush Goyal Inaugurates NEST 2 at SEEPZ
Mumbai: India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal unveiled the NEST–02 (New Enterprises & Services Tower – Phase 2) at the Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) yesterday, calling for stronger partnership between industry and the government to boost efficiency, transparency, and skilling. Speaking at the event, Mr. Goyal said SEEPZ must mirror the rapid economic growth witnessed under
Mehul Choksi’s Extradition is Cleared by Belgium
Mumbai: Belgium’s top court has dismissed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s appeal against his arrest in Antwerp, which was made on the basis of an extradition request from New Delhi, according to people familiar with the matter. The Belgian Court of Cassation — equivalent to India’s Supreme Court — heard Choksi’s plea in Brussels on Tuesday and ruled in favour of
Antwerp Diamonds Shine Again
Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the official representative of the Antwerp diamond industry, can close 2021 as the year of the comeback. With $37.23 billion in imports and exports of traded diamonds, the Belgian diamond sector is doing slightly better than in 2019, the year before the pandemic. But the Antwerp diamond sector wants above all to prepare
Fancy Colour Diamonds See Steady Price Growth in '21
New York: The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) said the year 2021 showed a rise in the price of 89% of all fancy colour categories. Price changes among all 128 categories tracked by the Fancy Color Diamonds Price Index ranged from -1.3% to +7.9%, with the average change in 2021 being a price increase of 1.7%. The average price of
De Beers Cycle 1 Fetches USD 660 mln.
Gaborone: De Beers’ first sales cycle of 2022 saw robust demand totalling $660 million, which was almost at the same level as $663 million recorded a year ago. Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said, “As anticipated, there was strong growth in consumer demand for diamond jewellery over the end of year holiday season. As a result, we saw the
Data Driven: Rethinking in Gem & Jewellery Business
Milan: Moneyball was an Oscar-nominated film released in 2011 that told the story of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, whose general manager succeeded in putting together a winning season on a limited budget, by assembling a group of under-valued players. He did so by taking what at the time was considered an unconventional approach, and that was relying on a
