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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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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Global Platinum Jewellery Market Rebounds

Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI), a worldwide marketing organization dedicated to creating, expanding, and strengthening consumer and trade markets for platinum jewellery, has shared its findings from its Platinum Jewellery Business Review update for Q1 2025, highlighting strong growth across key global markets, led by a significant recovery in China. Platinum jewellery is seeing renewed global momentum, with China leading

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India not to Ask Nirav Modi About PNB Scam

London: Ahead of the extradition hearing of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi at Westminster Court, India has assured the United Kingdom that the Fugitive Economic Offender will not be “questioned” in connection with the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. A written assurance or sovereign guarantee to this effect has been submitted to the UK authorities through the Crown

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De Beers Launches Desert Diamonds Beacon

London: De Beers Group has announced the consumer launch of Desert diamonds, the first new ‘beacon’ it has developed in over a decade, supported by its largest category marketing investment in more than ten years. A De Beers beacon is a celebration of natural diamonds that is manifested through a jewelry concept designed to galvanize the industry around a central

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Amit Pratihari Named MD, GIA India Laboratory 

Mumbai: The board of directors of GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GIA India) has appointed Amit Pratihari as managing director, responsible for all aspects of GIA India’s gemological laboratories in Mumbai and Surat, as well as the GIA India school in Mumbai. Reporting to the board of directors of GIA India, he assumed his responsibilities on October 1. Amit’s deep experience

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India not to Use Gold Deposits as Part of CRR, SLR

New Delhi: The Indian government has dropped plans to utilize gold mobilized under the proposed Monetization scheme for meeting mandatory liquidity requirements for banks, as it wants to avoid another confrontation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The government dropped plan to use gold deposits as part of CRR, SLR in gold monetization scheme because of opposition from RBI, sources

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IIJS 2015 Ended with Enhanced Response

Mumbai: The 32nd edition India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) ended here on 10th August with more response than the exhibitors and organizers had expected. Huge debacle in gold prices is said to have inspired strong traffic at the show. Now domestic jewelers expect enhanced sales during the upcoming festive and wedding season. The show, supposed to be Asia’s largest is

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“Zimbabwe Mining Consolidation of Little Purpose”

Harare: A member of parliament for Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has claimed that the planned consolidation of the country’s diamond mining companies in Marange is of “little purpose”. Eddie Cross, an economist, said although less was known about the remaining deposits at Marange, it was believed that a sheet of agglomerate across much of the site was

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Colombia to Host Emerald Symposium in October

Bogota: Colombia is hosting the inaugural International Emerald Symposium scheduled for October 13 to 15 in Bogotá. The conference, which will be held at the Sheraton Bogotá Hotel, is organised by Fedesmeraldas (Colombian Emerald Federation), Acodes (Emerald Exporters Association), ASOCOESMERAL (Colombia Emerald Dealers Association), APRECOL (Colombian Emerald Miners Association), Agencia Nacional de Mineria (National Mining Agency), Minminas (Ministry of Mines

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