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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KP Seeking Forensic Auditor For CAR's Stockpile

Dubai: The Administrative Decision [AD] on the Central African Republic [Temporary Suspension] of May 23, 2013 was modified by the 2015 AD of July 17, 2015 concerning the defining conditions for Central African Republic’s (CAR) resumption of trade in rough diamonds from “compliant zones”. Under the supervision of the Kimberley Process Monitoring Team, a forensic audit needs to be conducted

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Gemfields Sells Ruby Worth $30.4 Mln.

London: Gemfields plc reported sales of $30.4 million from an auction of rough ruby extracted by Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada in Mozambique, which is 75% owned by Gemfields. The auction, held in Singapore from December 12 to 16, was the first ruby sale of this financial year and generated the fourth highest ruby auction result to date and average realized

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De Beers Will Flood Snap Lake Mine

Toronto: One year after deciding to place it on care and maintenance, De Beers is putting its Snap Lake Mine in the Canadian subarctic on extended care and maintenance – a euphemism for flooding. Work on flooding the tunnels of the shuttered diamond mine will start in early January and is expected to take between six and eight weeks. The

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India’s Polished Diamond Exports Dip 10% in Nov

Mumbai: Exports of cut and polished diamonds from India stood at US$ 1.19 billion in November 2016, a drop of 10% as compared to the US$ 1.32 bn in the same month a year earlier, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Exports of gold jewellery (both studded and plain) also slowed, declining

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Kalyan Jewellers Enters United Kingdom

Thrissur: Kalyan Jewellers, one of India’s jewellery brands, has further strengthened its global presence with the launch of its new showroom on Belgrave Road widely known as Leicester’s Golden Mile, the UK’s most prominent jewellery and South Asian retail hub. This milestone entry into the United Kingdom marks a strategic leap in the brand’s international expansion journey, following its sustained

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QWEEN to Launch as India’s First Self-Discovery Experiential Jewellery Brand

Bangalore: QWEEN, India’s First Self-Discovery experiential jewellery brand, was originally launched as a bootstrapped venture by Amit Kumar and Suyash Motarwar, born from a shared vision to reimagine how modern Indian women discover and experience fine jewellery. The founders later secured seed funding from Japanese luxury jeweller Kashikey Co. Ltd., enabling early product development and the foundational phase of brand

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Wesley Tucker to step down as CEO of Tracr

De Beers Group has announced that Wesley Tucker will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Tracr and leave the business at the end of February 2026. Wesley joined De Beers Group in April 2021 as Head of Digital Transformation before taking on the role of CEO of Tracr, the blockchain technology platform and diamond traceability business

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GJC Requests Formation of Gujarat State Level Vigilance Committee

Ahmedabad: The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) yesterday informed that it had formally requested the Government of Gujarat to establish a State Level Vigilance Committee dedicated to protecting the interests of jewellers across the state. A high-level delegation from GJC, led by Chairman Mr. Rajesh Rokde, Vice Chairman Mr. Avinash Gupta, Director Mr. Salim Daginawala, ZCM Mr. Avi Shah,

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