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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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ALROSA to Set Up Think Tank to Analyze Market
Moscow: ALROSA president Andrey Zharkov said that the Russian diamond giant will create an analytical center tasked with targeting diamond prices and monitoring market development environment, reports Rough-Polished. The decision to set up such a center is a result of the situation in 2015, when a wrong forecast that market stakeholders made with regard to jewelry demand in China had
One More PIL to Get Back Kohinoor Diamond
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday agreed to hear another PIL seeking a directive to the Centre to try and bring back the Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom, reports tribuneindia. A Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur said it would hear the fresh plea by Heritage Bengal and another organization along with a pending petition
‘Lesedi la Rona’ Fails to Attract Buyers
London: The 1,109-carat ‘Lesedi la Rona’ is the second-largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but bidding didn’t reach the Sotheby’s reserve price, reports theguardian. Turns out the largest diamond discovered in over a century may not be worth that much after all. The tennis ball-sized “Lesedi la Rona” failed to find a buyer on Tuesday, a disappointing result for a
KP Chair Visits Angola and South Africa
Luanda: Kimberley Process (KP) chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem has continued his tour of Africa, having recently visited two founding KP countries – Angola and South Africa. Bin Sulayem met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos as well as South African mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane, in which they discussed the progress that diamond producing nations are making with
Silver Price to be Set by New System
London: The London silver price mechanism will now be set via an electronic, auction-based mechanism administrated by CME Group and Thomson Reuters, according to a statement from the London Bullion Market Association. The new mechanism was chosen because it is electronic, “auction-based and auditable and tradable with an increased number of direct participants,” the LBMA said in a statement. CME
De Beers Boosts Q2 Diamond Output
Gaborone: De Beers increased its output 7 percent year on year to 8.515 million carats in the second quarter of the year. The group was targeting an output of between 30 million and 32 million carats this year. Anglo American, which owns 85 percent of the diamond group, said in a statement that the increase was mainly due to higher
GJEPC Launches 'Jewellers for Hope' Campaign
Mumbai: For the first time, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has initiated its first edition of ‘Jewellers for Hope’ campaign, a CSR activity with an objective to build a CSR fund that will be used to support various social causes. A charity dinner has been hosted by the GJEPC in Mumbai’s Grand Hyatt on Friday for the
Sonam Kapoor Walks on Ramp to End IIJW
Mumbai: The 5th edition of 4-day India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) ended with a grand finale wherein Best of the Best Collections were displayed by gorgeous models. The ramp was set on fire when Brand Ambassador of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and cute Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor walked at the grand finale of the IIJW 2014 held
