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A Record Number of Central Banks Want to Buy More Gold: The Price Just Fell to a 4-Month Low
Macro Snapshot: Three events defined the week ending June 19, and they pointed in different directions. On Monday June 15, news emerged that US and Iranian negotiators had agreed a memorandum of understanding with formal signing scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland; oil declined to a two-month low on the announcement, with Brent falling below $80 per barrel after losing roughly 15% over four sessions. On Tuesday June 16, the World Gold Council released its Central Banks Gold Reserves Survey

A Record Number of Central Banks Want to Buy More Gold: The Price Just Fell to a 4-Month Low
Macro Snapshot: Three events defined the week ending June 19, and they pointed in different directions. On Monday June 15, news emerged that US and Iranian negotiators had agreed a memorandum of understanding with formal signing scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland; oil declined to a two-month low on the announcement, with Brent falling below $80 per barrel after losing roughly 15% over four sessions. On Tuesday June 16, the World Gold Council released its Central Banks Gold Reserves Survey
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Air India Conducts Survey in Surat
Surat: The Air India (AI) has started a fresh survey to assess passenger traffic potential from Surat towards Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, reports The Times Of India. A team of AI officials led by general manager Mukesh Bhatia was in the city to meet members of trade and commerce, Surat Diamond Association (SDA), Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Zimbabwe Eyes Domestic Diamond Exchange
Harare: Government will auction local diamonds once or twice in Antwerp, Belgium, before testing waters on its own planned domestic exchange in November this year. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa said in an interview that Government was working on modalities of the domestic diamond exchange. “We are preparing for the (domestic) auction in November. We will do one

Mandatory Marking for Synthetics Proposed
Moscow: ALROSA proposed to introduce mandatory marking for synthetic diamonds, Vladlen Nogovitsin, Head of the miner’s Customer Policy, told Interfax in his interview. The company’s initiatives to regulate the turnover of “synthetics” are being discussed in the framework of an expert group under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. “We stand for defining the concept of synthetic diamonds

Global Diamond Output to Reach 172 Mln Ct in 2018
Moscow: Equity Communications said global diamond output is expected to reach 171.840 million carats in 2018, reports Rough & Polished. It said in a report titled, “The Global Diamond Business 2014” that diamond producers recovered 130.935 million carats last year, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2012. Diamond production was projected to rise by 6.7 percent this year led by

Air India Conducts Survey in Surat
Surat: The Air India (AI) has started a fresh survey to assess passenger traffic potential from Surat towards Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, reports The Times Of India. A team of AI officials led by general manager Mukesh Bhatia was in the city to meet members of trade and commerce, Surat Diamond Association (SDA), Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Zimbabwe Eyes Domestic Diamond Exchange
Harare: Government will auction local diamonds once or twice in Antwerp, Belgium, before testing waters on its own planned domestic exchange in November this year. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa said in an interview that Government was working on modalities of the domestic diamond exchange. “We are preparing for the (domestic) auction in November. We will do one

Mandatory Marking for Synthetics Proposed
Moscow: ALROSA proposed to introduce mandatory marking for synthetic diamonds, Vladlen Nogovitsin, Head of the miner’s Customer Policy, told Interfax in his interview. The company’s initiatives to regulate the turnover of “synthetics” are being discussed in the framework of an expert group under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. “We stand for defining the concept of synthetic diamonds

Global Diamond Output to Reach 172 Mln Ct in 2018
Moscow: Equity Communications said global diamond output is expected to reach 171.840 million carats in 2018, reports Rough & Polished. It said in a report titled, “The Global Diamond Business 2014” that diamond producers recovered 130.935 million carats last year, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2012. Diamond production was projected to rise by 6.7 percent this year led by