Ceasefire Relief Fuels Recovery from Correction Lows

Metal This Week Last Week Change Gold (MCX) ₹1,52,652 / 10g ₹1,49,680 / 10g +₹2,972 (+2.0%) Silver (MCX) ₹2,43,274 / kg ₹2,32,495 / kg +₹10,779 (+4.6%) Macro Snapshot: Mumbai: Global precious metals got a meaningful tailwind mid-week after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, which pulled oil below $100 per barrel and softened the dollar. However, the Islamabad talks over the weekend failed to produce further progress, leaving the ceasefire fragile and the Strait of

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Ceasefire Relief Fuels Recovery from Correction Lows

Metal This Week Last Week Change Gold (MCX) ₹1,52,652 / 10g ₹1,49,680 / 10g +₹2,972 (+2.0%) Silver (MCX) ₹2,43,274 / kg ₹2,32,495 / kg +₹10,779 (+4.6%) Macro Snapshot: Mumbai: Global precious metals got a meaningful tailwind mid-week after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, which pulled oil below $100 per barrel and softened the dollar. However, the Islamabad talks over the weekend failed to produce further progress, leaving the ceasefire fragile and the Strait of

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Rio Tinto’s Q3 Diamond Production Down 15%

Perth: In its 2014 third quarter ‘production report’, Rio Tinto has declared a 15% decrease in diamond production of 3549000 carats for Q3-2014 as against 4158000 carats for the same period in 2013. All the three mines, Argyle (2455000 carats), Diavik (1004000 carats) and Murowa (90000 carats) are now in production and contributed towards Rio Tinto’s diamond total output for

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Dubai's Challenge to Antwerp

Dubai: Dubai’s banks are extending loans to the local diamond industry, boosting the emirate’s ambitions of becoming a top trading hub as funding to rival Antwerp dries up, reports Bloomberg. Emirates NBD PJSC. (EMIRATES), Mashreqbank PSC. (MASQ), and National Bank of Fujairah PJSC., are financing diamond cutters, polishers and traders operating on the Dubai Diamond Exchange for the first time,

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India's Gold Imports Rising

Mumbai: Gold imports are estimated to be 95 tonne during September, mainly on account of decline in international prices and due to the ongoing festive season, according to an industry expert. “The import of the yellow metal is estimated to be around 95 tonnes during this September. The imports rose mainly due to decline in price in the global markets,

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Zimbabwe Pilot Local Diamond Auction Fails

Harare: In the beginning of October Zimbabwe opened its diamond tender in Harare. A large-scale local auction was schedule for early November to coincide with the country’s bi-annual diamond conference. The Herald newspaper reports that the gems “went for a song” after international buyers bought them at ‘half’ the international price. The daily claimed that questions had been raised on

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Rio Tinto’s Q3 Diamond Production Down 15%

Perth: In its 2014 third quarter ‘production report’, Rio Tinto has declared a 15% decrease in diamond production of 3549000 carats for Q3-2014 as against 4158000 carats for the same period in 2013. All the three mines, Argyle (2455000 carats), Diavik (1004000 carats) and Murowa (90000 carats) are now in production and contributed towards Rio Tinto’s diamond total output for

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Dubai's Challenge to Antwerp

Dubai: Dubai’s banks are extending loans to the local diamond industry, boosting the emirate’s ambitions of becoming a top trading hub as funding to rival Antwerp dries up, reports Bloomberg. Emirates NBD PJSC. (EMIRATES), Mashreqbank PSC. (MASQ), and National Bank of Fujairah PJSC., are financing diamond cutters, polishers and traders operating on the Dubai Diamond Exchange for the first time,

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India's Gold Imports Rising

Mumbai: Gold imports are estimated to be 95 tonne during September, mainly on account of decline in international prices and due to the ongoing festive season, according to an industry expert. “The import of the yellow metal is estimated to be around 95 tonnes during this September. The imports rose mainly due to decline in price in the global markets,

Read More »

Zimbabwe Pilot Local Diamond Auction Fails

Harare: In the beginning of October Zimbabwe opened its diamond tender in Harare. A large-scale local auction was schedule for early November to coincide with the country’s bi-annual diamond conference. The Herald newspaper reports that the gems “went for a song” after international buyers bought them at ‘half’ the international price. The daily claimed that questions had been raised on

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