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The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in
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IGDA Welcomes FTC’s Revised Jewellery Guides
Morrisville, NC: The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) welcomes the revisions introduced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the Jewelry Guides. This revision, which is the Guides’ first major overhaul since 1996, primarily acknowledges technological developments that have led to existence of diamonds that are formed both below and above the ground. In a detailed statement explaining the changes, the FTC notes, “The Commission

De Beers to Proceed With Closure of Voorspoed Mine
Gaborone: De Beers Group today announced that the De Beers Consolidated Mines Proprietary Limited (DBCM) Board has taken the decision to proceed with the responsible closure and rehabilitation of Voorspoed Mine in the Free State Province. This decision follows an extensive, transparent and comprehensive disposal process, which involved a rigorous due diligence exercise on the bidders to acquire the mine. The

De Beers’ Rough Sales Drop at Sixth Cycle
Gaborone: De Beers sold $530 million of rough diamonds at its July (6th) cycle amid a seasonal slowdown in the market, the company said Tuesday. “Demand for De Beers’ rough diamonds was in line with expectations during the seasonally quieter summer period for the industry’s midstream sector,” said CEO Bruce Cleaver. Revenue from the sixth sales cycle, including last week’s

GIT Urges Consumers to Buy Certified Diamonds
Bangkok: The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (Public Organization) or GIT advises consumers to only purchase diamond and diamond jewelry with certification from leading laboratories after CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, remarked at its 2017 annual congress that increasing amount of synthetic diamonds are being circulated in the market. Ms. Duangkamol Jiambutr, the director of GIT revealed that due

IGDA Welcomes FTC’s Revised Jewellery Guides
Morrisville, NC: The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) welcomes the revisions introduced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the Jewelry Guides. This revision, which is the Guides’ first major overhaul since 1996, primarily acknowledges technological developments that have led to existence of diamonds that are formed both below and above the ground. In a detailed statement explaining the changes, the FTC notes, “The Commission

De Beers to Proceed With Closure of Voorspoed Mine
Gaborone: De Beers Group today announced that the De Beers Consolidated Mines Proprietary Limited (DBCM) Board has taken the decision to proceed with the responsible closure and rehabilitation of Voorspoed Mine in the Free State Province. This decision follows an extensive, transparent and comprehensive disposal process, which involved a rigorous due diligence exercise on the bidders to acquire the mine. The

De Beers’ Rough Sales Drop at Sixth Cycle
Gaborone: De Beers sold $530 million of rough diamonds at its July (6th) cycle amid a seasonal slowdown in the market, the company said Tuesday. “Demand for De Beers’ rough diamonds was in line with expectations during the seasonally quieter summer period for the industry’s midstream sector,” said CEO Bruce Cleaver. Revenue from the sixth sales cycle, including last week’s

GIT Urges Consumers to Buy Certified Diamonds
Bangkok: The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (Public Organization) or GIT advises consumers to only purchase diamond and diamond jewelry with certification from leading laboratories after CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, remarked at its 2017 annual congress that increasing amount of synthetic diamonds are being circulated in the market. Ms. Duangkamol Jiambutr, the director of GIT revealed that due