With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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The Journal of Gemmology Joins Web of Science

London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) has announced that its flagship publication, The Journal of Gemmology, has been accepted for indexing in Thomson Reuters’ new Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), part of the prestigious Web of ScienceTM research platform. This exciting development will allow The Journal to be fully searchable and citable by academics, authors and researchers across

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China's Bank Buys 1,500-Tonne Gold Vault

London: China’s largest bank is buying the lease on Deutsche Bank’s huge London gold and silver vault, enlarging its footprint in the city’s bullion market, according to reports. ICBC Standard Bank, which took a controlling stake in London-based Global Markets business last year, has also applied to become a clearing member of the London gold and silver over-the-counter business. The

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Element Six Sues IIa Technologies

Singapore: Element Six Technologies Ltd has today (12 January 2016) begun legal action in Singapore against IIa Technologies Pte. Ltd alleging infringement of its patents concerning synthetic diamond material. Element Six believes that certain of its patents for proprietary synthetic diamond products and their method of manufacture have been infringed (in particular Singapore patent numbers 115872 and 110508). It is

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National Jewellery Awards on 6th Feb in Mumbai

Mumbai: The All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) has announced its 6th edition of National Jewellery Awards (NJA) 2015 -16, Grand Finale to be held in Mumbai on 6th February, 2016. The NJA, being the most prestigious awards of the Gems & Jewellery industry will recognize and honor design, talent and establish new trends in the Indian Jewellery

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GJEPC Expresses Deep Sorrow over Vijay Rupani’s Demise

Mumbai: The former Chief Minister of Gujarat Mr. Vijay Rupani has died in the ill fated plane crash yesterday. He was travelling to London from Ahmedabad by an Air India flight. India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has expressed profound grief over the untimely and sad demise of the departed leader. The condolence message issued by the GJEPC

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PGI Highlights Platinum’s Bright Opportunity in Jewellery

London: Platinum Guild International (PGI) successfully hosted the 2025 Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR) event in London on 21st May 2025, themed “Platinum Jewellery – Ready to Shine in a New Era of Demand”. The event brought together platinum producers, industry experts and leaders, investors and analysts to explore new opportunities for platinum in the jewellery sector. Tim Schlick, CEO

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AWDC Takes Leading Role in Global Campaign for Natural Diamond

Antwerp: On June 18, the Chairman of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), Isidore Mörsel, will represent the Antwerp diamond sector at a ministerial meeting in Luanda, Angola. The summit will be fully dedicated to broad-based generic marketing to promote natural diamond worldwide. AWDC has played a central role in successfully uniting all players in the diamond value chain behind

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14th Edition of NJA ’25 Announced

Mumbai The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has announced the 14th Edition of WGC presents National Jewellery Awards (NJA’25). Organized by GJC, NJA recognizes and honours outstanding talent in the jewellery sector, celebrating excellence, creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation while shaping the industry’s future. NJA is known for its unbiased and relentless efforts for the welfare of the

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