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Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion
Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the

Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion
Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the
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Dominion Diamond Stake Cut by Swiss Bank
Toronto: Swiss National Bank cut its stake in shares of Dominion Diamond Corp. by 3.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 142,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,200 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Dominion Diamond Corp. were worth $1,387,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Several other

De Beers Can Start Looking at Rough Price Increase
Gaborone: De Beers intended pushing diamond production levels back to “more normal” levels during 2017, but decisions on when to increase rough diamond prices would be driven by polished diamond price levels which were currently “pretty flat”. That’s according to De Beers CFO, Nimesh Patel, who told Miningmx “… as polished prices go up we can start to look at

Resource Estimate Drops for Argyle Mine
Perth: Rio Tinto has lowered its estimate of the mineral resources available at its Argyle diamond mine in Australia, as the company reconsiders its plans to extend the project. Estimated mineral resources fell 66 percent to 15 million tonnes in 2016, compared with the previous year, the miner said in a statement last week. Mineral resources are the quantity of

Negative Outlook for India’s CPD Exporters: Ind-Ra
Mumbai: India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained a stable outlook on organised jewellery retailers and a negative outlook on cut and polished diamond (CPD) exporters for FY18. As per World Gold Council (WGC), India’s gold jewellery demand fell sharply 22% yoy to reach a seven-year low in 2016 (522MT). The demand was impacted severely on account of various one-off

Dominion Diamond Stake Cut by Swiss Bank
Toronto: Swiss National Bank cut its stake in shares of Dominion Diamond Corp. by 3.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 142,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,200 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Dominion Diamond Corp. were worth $1,387,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Several other

De Beers Can Start Looking at Rough Price Increase
Gaborone: De Beers intended pushing diamond production levels back to “more normal” levels during 2017, but decisions on when to increase rough diamond prices would be driven by polished diamond price levels which were currently “pretty flat”. That’s according to De Beers CFO, Nimesh Patel, who told Miningmx “… as polished prices go up we can start to look at

Resource Estimate Drops for Argyle Mine
Perth: Rio Tinto has lowered its estimate of the mineral resources available at its Argyle diamond mine in Australia, as the company reconsiders its plans to extend the project. Estimated mineral resources fell 66 percent to 15 million tonnes in 2016, compared with the previous year, the miner said in a statement last week. Mineral resources are the quantity of

Negative Outlook for India’s CPD Exporters: Ind-Ra
Mumbai: India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained a stable outlook on organised jewellery retailers and a negative outlook on cut and polished diamond (CPD) exporters for FY18. As per World Gold Council (WGC), India’s gold jewellery demand fell sharply 22% yoy to reach a seven-year low in 2016 (522MT). The demand was impacted severely on account of various one-off