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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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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De Beers to Spend $3bn on Diamond Operations

Gaborone: The De Beers Group is set to invest around $3billion over the next 10 years on its diamond mining operations. Fin24 reports that the bulk of the investment would be spend on its key South African mine, Venetia in Limpopo where the underground mine was expected to extend its life beyond 2040. Venetia produced 3.2 million carats in the

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SRK is now a ‘Premier Trading House’

New Delhi: Indian company Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt.Ltd (SRK), which exported 348,000 carats of polished diamonds in the financial year 2014, has been recognized as a ‘Premier Trading House’ – the highest recognition given to an Export House by the Indian government. SRK, which exports to more than 40 countries worldwide, has been given the status based on the total

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De Beers Says Diamond Prices to Recover in Q2

Gaborone: De Beers said that diamond prices, which had been weak since the fourth quarter of last year, will recover from the second quarter of the year. Group chief executive Philippe Mellier was quoted by BusinessDay as saying that rough diamond prices leaped 7 percent last year. He, however, could not make any projections for 2015. “I definitely see some

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India Interested in Small Angolan Diamonds

Cape Town: A group of Indian business men are interested in Angola’s small diamonds, an official from the state diamond mining company Endiama has said. Angop news agency quoted Endiama chief executive Carlos Sumbula as saying that he met with the group during the just ended 2015 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. “The Indians are interested in small diamonds and

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De Beers to Spend $3bn on Diamond Operations

Gaborone: The De Beers Group is set to invest around $3billion over the next 10 years on its diamond mining operations. Fin24 reports that the bulk of the investment would be spend on its key South African mine, Venetia in Limpopo where the underground mine was expected to extend its life beyond 2040. Venetia produced 3.2 million carats in the

Read More »

SRK is now a ‘Premier Trading House’

New Delhi: Indian company Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt.Ltd (SRK), which exported 348,000 carats of polished diamonds in the financial year 2014, has been recognized as a ‘Premier Trading House’ – the highest recognition given to an Export House by the Indian government. SRK, which exports to more than 40 countries worldwide, has been given the status based on the total

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De Beers Says Diamond Prices to Recover in Q2

Gaborone: De Beers said that diamond prices, which had been weak since the fourth quarter of last year, will recover from the second quarter of the year. Group chief executive Philippe Mellier was quoted by BusinessDay as saying that rough diamond prices leaped 7 percent last year. He, however, could not make any projections for 2015. “I definitely see some

Read More »

India Interested in Small Angolan Diamonds

Cape Town: A group of Indian business men are interested in Angola’s small diamonds, an official from the state diamond mining company Endiama has said. Angop news agency quoted Endiama chief executive Carlos Sumbula as saying that he met with the group during the just ended 2015 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. “The Indians are interested in small diamonds and

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