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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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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Lucapa Finds 38.6-Carat Pink Diamond from Lulo

Luanda: Australian explorer, the Lucapa Diamond Company, has discovered another multi-million dollar, pink diamond at its Lulo project in Angola. The 38.6-carat stone is the largest colored diamond recovered to date from Lulo, handily beating the 28.5-carat light pink diamond the company sold earlier this week. That stone was sold in a parcel of other diamonds for a total of

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JNA to Confer Highest Honour to Shouzui Yasui

Hong Kong: The 2016 JNA Awards is presenting its most prestigious honour — the Lifetime Achievement Award — to casting solutions specialist Shouzui Yasui, Chief Executive Officer of Tokyo-based Yasui & Co. Yasui, recognized for his dedication and significant contributions to the jewellery and gemstone industry, will be receiving the accolade at the JNA Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner scheduled

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Gahcho Kué to Provide C$6.7 Bln Boost to Economy

Toronto: Gahcho Kué, the world’s largest new diamond mine under construction, will provide a C$6.7 billion boost to the Canadian economy according to a report published today by EY for The De Beers Group of Companies. The new mine, located in the Northwest Territories (NWT), is a joint venture between De Beers Canada (51 per cent) and Mountain Province Diamonds

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CIBJO Releases Diamond Commission Sp. Report

Milan: With seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2016 CIBJO Congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 26, 2016, the third of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report reviews the impacts of technology, both positive and negative, on the jewellery industry and trade, and

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Lucapa Finds 38.6-Carat Pink Diamond from Lulo

Luanda: Australian explorer, the Lucapa Diamond Company, has discovered another multi-million dollar, pink diamond at its Lulo project in Angola. The 38.6-carat stone is the largest colored diamond recovered to date from Lulo, handily beating the 28.5-carat light pink diamond the company sold earlier this week. That stone was sold in a parcel of other diamonds for a total of

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JNA to Confer Highest Honour to Shouzui Yasui

Hong Kong: The 2016 JNA Awards is presenting its most prestigious honour — the Lifetime Achievement Award — to casting solutions specialist Shouzui Yasui, Chief Executive Officer of Tokyo-based Yasui & Co. Yasui, recognized for his dedication and significant contributions to the jewellery and gemstone industry, will be receiving the accolade at the JNA Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner scheduled

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Gahcho Kué to Provide C$6.7 Bln Boost to Economy

Toronto: Gahcho Kué, the world’s largest new diamond mine under construction, will provide a C$6.7 billion boost to the Canadian economy according to a report published today by EY for The De Beers Group of Companies. The new mine, located in the Northwest Territories (NWT), is a joint venture between De Beers Canada (51 per cent) and Mountain Province Diamonds

Read More »

CIBJO Releases Diamond Commission Sp. Report

Milan: With seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2016 CIBJO Congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 26, 2016, the third of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report reviews the impacts of technology, both positive and negative, on the jewellery industry and trade, and

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