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The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.

The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.
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New Blood Diamond Report on 30th Sep
Johannesburg: Amnesty International announced that it will publish a new report on the diamond industry that focuses on the Central African Republic (CAR), where illicit trade continues unabated amid sweeping conflict. Research for the report was conducted in the CAR, neighboring countries and diamond-trading centers, Antwerp and Dubai, according to an Amnesty announcement. The findings revealed systematic failures in preventing

New Appointments in RJC
New York: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed Anne-Marie Fleury as its Standards and Impacts director. The organization also recently appointed Bethan Herbert as Certification and Impacts manager. Fleury will work alongside executive director Andrew Bone and chief operations officer Catherine Sproule and will be responsible for providing strategic and technical leadership in standards development, certification, assurance, impact measurement

Winners of 'World Skills India' Jewellery Com'tion
Jaipur: Sanjay Pramanik, Sweta Singh, Savita Palariya and Ashrof Jamal are the national winners of the ‘World Skills India’ Jewellery competition conducted by the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) at IIGJ Jaipur on 19th September which concluded with a formal function where winners were announced and awarded with medallion and certificate. Guests who were present during the

Ernie Blom: Diamond Industry Can Be Positive
Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom believes the global diamond trade can be positive ahead of the upcoming holiday sales season due to recent events. Blom said that initial indications from the September Hong Kong Gems and Jewellery Fair were that it had been solid. Meanwhile, price cuts by De Beers and Alrosa were bringing prices

New Blood Diamond Report on 30th Sep
Johannesburg: Amnesty International announced that it will publish a new report on the diamond industry that focuses on the Central African Republic (CAR), where illicit trade continues unabated amid sweeping conflict. Research for the report was conducted in the CAR, neighboring countries and diamond-trading centers, Antwerp and Dubai, according to an Amnesty announcement. The findings revealed systematic failures in preventing

New Appointments in RJC
New York: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed Anne-Marie Fleury as its Standards and Impacts director. The organization also recently appointed Bethan Herbert as Certification and Impacts manager. Fleury will work alongside executive director Andrew Bone and chief operations officer Catherine Sproule and will be responsible for providing strategic and technical leadership in standards development, certification, assurance, impact measurement

Winners of 'World Skills India' Jewellery Com'tion
Jaipur: Sanjay Pramanik, Sweta Singh, Savita Palariya and Ashrof Jamal are the national winners of the ‘World Skills India’ Jewellery competition conducted by the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) at IIGJ Jaipur on 19th September which concluded with a formal function where winners were announced and awarded with medallion and certificate. Guests who were present during the

Ernie Blom: Diamond Industry Can Be Positive
Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom believes the global diamond trade can be positive ahead of the upcoming holiday sales season due to recent events. Blom said that initial indications from the September Hong Kong Gems and Jewellery Fair were that it had been solid. Meanwhile, price cuts by De Beers and Alrosa were bringing prices