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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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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Industry Leaders React on Union Budget 2017

Mumbai: Mr. Praveenshankar Pandya, Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has issued the following statement in reaction of the Union Budget 2017. “In his presentation of Union Budget 2017-18, India’s Hon. Finance Minister focused on ‘Transform, Energise and Clean India’ (TEC) against the backdrop of global uncertainty. India is now the 6th largest manufacturer in the

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Fancy Color Diamond Prices up Slightly in 2016

New York: Demand for blue diamonds increased substantially during 2016, while demand for yellows continued to fall. For the full year 2016, the Fancy Color Diamond Index rose by 0.4%, driven by price increases for blue and pink diamonds of 5.5% and 1.4%, respectively, and offset by a 4.0% decline in prices of yellow diamonds. According to wholesale pricing data

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Drones to Monitor Marange Diamond Activities

Harare: The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is considering the use of drones to “effectively” monitor diamond mining activities in Marange, local media reports. NewsDay quoted acing ZCDC chief executive Ridge Nyashanu as saying the monitoring would help avoid leakages. “Plans are also underway to introduce the use of drones to monitor all mining zones because they are big,” he

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High Tax on Gold May Continue: Economic Survey

Mumbai: Economic Survey for 2016-17 has indicated that implicit subsidy for gold is still too high and it mostly goes to the middle class. Market participants say that this indicates that government is looking to have higher tax revenues from gold, reports Business Standard. Survey notes that the calculations of implicit subsidies for the middle class, which forms top 40

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Industry Leaders React on Union Budget 2017

Mumbai: Mr. Praveenshankar Pandya, Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has issued the following statement in reaction of the Union Budget 2017. “In his presentation of Union Budget 2017-18, India’s Hon. Finance Minister focused on ‘Transform, Energise and Clean India’ (TEC) against the backdrop of global uncertainty. India is now the 6th largest manufacturer in the

Read More »

Fancy Color Diamond Prices up Slightly in 2016

New York: Demand for blue diamonds increased substantially during 2016, while demand for yellows continued to fall. For the full year 2016, the Fancy Color Diamond Index rose by 0.4%, driven by price increases for blue and pink diamonds of 5.5% and 1.4%, respectively, and offset by a 4.0% decline in prices of yellow diamonds. According to wholesale pricing data

Read More »

Drones to Monitor Marange Diamond Activities

Harare: The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is considering the use of drones to “effectively” monitor diamond mining activities in Marange, local media reports. NewsDay quoted acing ZCDC chief executive Ridge Nyashanu as saying the monitoring would help avoid leakages. “Plans are also underway to introduce the use of drones to monitor all mining zones because they are big,” he

Read More »

High Tax on Gold May Continue: Economic Survey

Mumbai: Economic Survey for 2016-17 has indicated that implicit subsidy for gold is still too high and it mostly goes to the middle class. Market participants say that this indicates that government is looking to have higher tax revenues from gold, reports Business Standard. Survey notes that the calculations of implicit subsidies for the middle class, which forms top 40

Read More »

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