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Brent Touched $100, the 10-Year Hit a Seven-Month High, and Both Metals Still Gained
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 24 was one of the most volatile macro weeks of 2026, and the most significant feature was not what moved, but what did not. Oil spiked, yields surged to their highest since January 2025, and the conflict between the US and Iran escalated to its most intense phase since the February strikes. Gold and silver gained on the week. That resilience at the bottom of a multi-week correction, against headwinds that should have pushed
Brent Touched $100, the 10-Year Hit a Seven-Month High, and Both Metals Still Gained
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 24 was one of the most volatile macro weeks of 2026, and the most significant feature was not what moved, but what did not. Oil spiked, yields surged to their highest since January 2025, and the conflict between the US and Iran escalated to its most intense phase since the February strikes. Gold and silver gained on the week. That resilience at the bottom of a multi-week correction, against headwinds that should have pushed
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SA's Diamond Beneficiation Nearly Dead
Johannesburg: The destruction of 95% of South Africa’s once-buoyant diamond cutting and polishing industry showed once again that governments could not micromanage businesses and should not try to do so, Democratic Alliance (DA) Shadow Mineral Resources Minister James Lorimer said on Thursday. The Opposition Shadow Minister stated in a media release that his party was appalled by the news that
Platinum Prices Go Below $900/Ounce
London: Platinum prices sank below $900 an ounce on Friday for the first time since the recession, as pressure from the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal hammered a precious metal already wounded by high supply and lackluster demand. Having fallen steadily since July last year, prices are now down more than 50% from an all-time high of $1,912.20 in mid-2011. The
Botswana Rough Exports -15% in 1H
Gaborone: The value of rough diamonds exports from Botswana’s mines fell 15 percent in the first six months of the year to $1.7 billion, official data showed on Tuesday. Diamond exports contribute 30 percent to the GDP of the southern African nation. But diamond demand has slowed since late 2014 as middlemen who buy rough stones struggle with a stronger
BDB Becomes Exclusive Natural Diamond Area
Mumbai: Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) has declared that no person / organization shall promote or trade or be permitted to promote or trade or carry synthetic diamonds / Lab grown diamonds / man-made diamonds within the premises of Bharat Diamond Bourse and hence only “Natural Diamonds” will be traded in the premises of Bharat Diamond Bourse. BDB at its 31st
SA's Diamond Beneficiation Nearly Dead
Johannesburg: The destruction of 95% of South Africa’s once-buoyant diamond cutting and polishing industry showed once again that governments could not micromanage businesses and should not try to do so, Democratic Alliance (DA) Shadow Mineral Resources Minister James Lorimer said on Thursday. The Opposition Shadow Minister stated in a media release that his party was appalled by the news that
Platinum Prices Go Below $900/Ounce
London: Platinum prices sank below $900 an ounce on Friday for the first time since the recession, as pressure from the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal hammered a precious metal already wounded by high supply and lackluster demand. Having fallen steadily since July last year, prices are now down more than 50% from an all-time high of $1,912.20 in mid-2011. The
Botswana Rough Exports -15% in 1H
Gaborone: The value of rough diamonds exports from Botswana’s mines fell 15 percent in the first six months of the year to $1.7 billion, official data showed on Tuesday. Diamond exports contribute 30 percent to the GDP of the southern African nation. But diamond demand has slowed since late 2014 as middlemen who buy rough stones struggle with a stronger
BDB Becomes Exclusive Natural Diamond Area
Mumbai: Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) has declared that no person / organization shall promote or trade or be permitted to promote or trade or carry synthetic diamonds / Lab grown diamonds / man-made diamonds within the premises of Bharat Diamond Bourse and hence only “Natural Diamonds” will be traded in the premises of Bharat Diamond Bourse. BDB at its 31st
