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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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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De Beers Rakes in $450mln from 10th Cycle

Gaborone: Anglo American said De Beers raked in $450 million from its tenth sales cycle of the year compared with $422 million, a year earlier. The value of rough diamonds sold during the period under consideration was provisional and would likely be revised upwards. It was, however, lower compared with $466 million realised during the ninth sales cycle of 2017.

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Kimberley Process Must Ban All Blood Diamonds

Brisbane: The Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA), an organisation working for a just peace in Palestine and Israel, called on delegates to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) currently meeting in plenary in Brisbane, 9-14 December 2017, to: Seal the gaping hole in the KPCS regulations, which facilitates the trade in blood diamonds that fund rogue regimes guilty of

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IIGJ to Get Mumbai Uni. Recognition Soon

Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ), an educational project of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) celebrated its 11th Convocation Ceremony in the presence of Mr. Vinod Tawde (Minister for Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra), GJEPC Chairman Mr. Praveenshankar Pandya and Ms Vaishali Banerjee (MD India, Platinum Guild of India) amongst others. IIGJ

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India Gold & Jewellery Summit ends With Success

New Delhi: The first-ever two-day national summit (India Gold & Jewellery Summit) organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)  with Lead Partner World Gold Council (WGC) over the weekend concluded on a positive note as the Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu and Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita Teaotia underlined the need of a

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De Beers Rakes in $450mln from 10th Cycle

Gaborone: Anglo American said De Beers raked in $450 million from its tenth sales cycle of the year compared with $422 million, a year earlier. The value of rough diamonds sold during the period under consideration was provisional and would likely be revised upwards. It was, however, lower compared with $466 million realised during the ninth sales cycle of 2017.

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Kimberley Process Must Ban All Blood Diamonds

Brisbane: The Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA), an organisation working for a just peace in Palestine and Israel, called on delegates to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) currently meeting in plenary in Brisbane, 9-14 December 2017, to: Seal the gaping hole in the KPCS regulations, which facilitates the trade in blood diamonds that fund rogue regimes guilty of

Read More »

IIGJ to Get Mumbai Uni. Recognition Soon

Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ), an educational project of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) celebrated its 11th Convocation Ceremony in the presence of Mr. Vinod Tawde (Minister for Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra), GJEPC Chairman Mr. Praveenshankar Pandya and Ms Vaishali Banerjee (MD India, Platinum Guild of India) amongst others. IIGJ

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India Gold & Jewellery Summit ends With Success

New Delhi: The first-ever two-day national summit (India Gold & Jewellery Summit) organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)  with Lead Partner World Gold Council (WGC) over the weekend concluded on a positive note as the Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu and Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita Teaotia underlined the need of a

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