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Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself
Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger
Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself
Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger
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Alrosa's Net Profit for 1st Quarter Came Down by 87%
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BlueRock Achieves Record Output after Lockdown
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HRD Antwerp Launches Live Online Training Courses
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GJEPC Donates Rs. 71 Lakh to Rajasthan CM
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Alrosa's Net Profit for 1st Quarter Came Down by 87%
Moscow: ALROSA’s net profit for the 1st quarter of 2020 under IFRS amounted to 3 billion rubles, which is a 74% drop from 11.7 billion rubles compared to the previous quarter and fall of 87% compared to last year due to non-cash factors (foreign exchange loss of RUB 21 bn resulting from the revaluation of foreign currency debt). Revenue in Q1 was
BlueRock Achieves Record Output after Lockdown
Johannesburg: British miner BlueRock has reported record output since it re-opened Kareevlei, in South Africa, after COVID-19 restrictions were eased. Production has been averaging almost 2,000 tons a day since 11 May 2020, up almost two-thirds on Q4 of 2019. Modifications to its ore-processing equipment have increased production at minimal cost and reduced operating costs at Kareevlei where five kimberlite
HRD Antwerp Launches Live Online Training Courses
Antwerp: As long as there is no vaccine found for COVID-19, working from home will be the standard. Therefore, access to solid online courses has become more important. As a leading institute for education in the diamond industry, HRD Antwerp (Diamond High Council) launched a series of new courses in the beginning of the international lockdown. These courses were very
GJEPC Donates Rs. 71 Lakh to Rajasthan CM
Jaipur: The Chairman of The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), Mr. Pramod Kumar Agrawal, handed over a cheque of Rs. 71 Lakh to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan Mr. Ashok Gehlot yesterday to aid the fight against COVID-19 within the state. The amount, which has been allocated from the Council’s Corporate Social Responsibility Fund, will be given to
