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Israel’s Diamond Industry Under Severe Pressure

Did Natural Diamond Ind. Misjudge LGD Threat?

Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000

Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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Excellent Results for Rajesh Exports in Q3
Mumbai: Rajesh Exports reported an excellent set of results for the quarter ended December 2015 which are in-line with our estimates, says an Update Report provided to G2J by ‘Evaluate Research’. Management has decreased its revenue growth guidance for FY03/2017 due to a negative impact from currency volatility and a slowing global economy. Rajesh Exports has projected revenue growth in

DPA Announces Senior Positions
New York: The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has announced the appointments of Stephen Lussier as Chairman, Jim Pounds as Vice Chairman and Jean-Marc Lieberherr as Chief Executive Officer, all with immediate effect. Stephen is Executive Vice President of Marketing at The De Beers Group of Companies, as well as Chief Executive Officer of its Forevermark brand. Jim is Executive Vice

Venezuela May Resume Diamond Trading
Caracas: The UAE is thought to be likely to back Venezuela’s potential return to diamond trading, after DMCC chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem held a number of meetings in the country, according to a report in The National newspaper. Bin Sulayem, the current chairman of the Kimberley Process, has been in Venezuela to examine ways that the country can resume diamond

Botswana Diamond Exports Fall by 38%
Gaborone: Diamond exports from Botswana mines fell 38 percent to a seven-year low in 2015 as a slump in global market impacted both demand and prices. According to statistics published by the Bank of Botswana yesterday, the value of exports from the major diamond mines in Botswana fell to $2.4 billion (P28.5 billion) in 2015 from $3.9 billion (P45.6 billion)

BSM Brazil 2027 Returns to São Paulo with Expanded International Presence
São Paulo, Brazil: Following the remarkable success of its previous editions, Buyer Seller Meeting (BSM Brazil) will return to São Paulo in April 2027, further strengthening its position as Latin America’s premier international B2B event for the diamond, gemstone, jewelry and precious metals industries. Organized with the mission of connecting qualified buyers and leading international suppliers, BSM Brazil 2027 will welcome an even larger number

Israel’s Diamond Industry Under Severe Pressure
Mumbai: Israel’s once-prominent diamond industry is facing one of the most difficult periods in its history, with veteran traders reportedly leaving the business and searching for alternative livelihoods. A recent report by Ynetnews has highlighted the depth of the crisis at the Israel Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, traditionally one of the world’s important diamond trading centres. According to veteran

‘Advanced Leadership Programme in Gold Entrepreneurship’
Mumbai: The Indian Association for Gold Excellence and Standards (IAGES), announced the launch of the Advanced Leadership Programme in Gold Entrepreneurship, developed jointly with SPJIMR (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research). The six-month executive programme is designed to build a new generation of professionally trained leaders for India’s gold and jewellery industry, combining SPJIMR’s academic

Did Natural Diamond Ind. Misjudge LGD Threat?
The natural diamond industry is finally confronting a question it perhaps should have asked much earlier: Did it underestimate the speed, scale and nature of the laboratory-grown diamond (LGD) revolution? For years, laboratory-grown diamonds (LGDs) were treated by much of the natural diamond industry as a niche product—an inexpensive alternative with limited appeal to serious jewellery consumers. The assumption was
