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The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.

The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.
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CIBJO Specifies Jewellery’s Role in Economy
Milan: While jewellery is a luxury product and non-essential to those who purchase it, the jewellery and gemstone sectors are industries that are essential to the economic and social development of economies and communities around the world, said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, speaking yesterday at the 15th Rendez-Vous Gemmologiques de Paris in the French capital. The gathering, which was hosted

ALROSA Starts Work on New Zarya Mine
Moscow: ALROSA has started developing the Zarya pipe, a new deposit in its Aikhal Mining and Processing Division, forking out an estimated initial investment of $149 million (RUB 9.8 billion). The mine is expected to reach a targeted capacity of 1 million tons of ore per year by 2021 and have a lifespan of 13 years, ALROSA said. “The construction

Standard Chartered Opts out of Diamond Sector
London: London-based bank Standard Chartered, one of the largest lenders to the diamond industry midstream has announced that it will shut its diamond and jewelry business, according to a report published in The Times of India. It was reported in March that the bank, which has lent around $2 billion to the industry, had asked its diamond-processing clients, particularly in

RJC Elects Wilfried Hoerner as Chairman
Las Vegas: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) voted in Wilfried Hoerner of Swiss precious metals company Argor-Heraeus as chairman at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Las Vegas earlier this month. Hoerner replaces Charles Chaussepied, who held the position of interim chair since last July. The organization, which sets standards for the entire jewelry supply chain, re-appointed Mark Jenkins of

CIBJO Specifies Jewellery’s Role in Economy
Milan: While jewellery is a luxury product and non-essential to those who purchase it, the jewellery and gemstone sectors are industries that are essential to the economic and social development of economies and communities around the world, said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, speaking yesterday at the 15th Rendez-Vous Gemmologiques de Paris in the French capital. The gathering, which was hosted

ALROSA Starts Work on New Zarya Mine
Moscow: ALROSA has started developing the Zarya pipe, a new deposit in its Aikhal Mining and Processing Division, forking out an estimated initial investment of $149 million (RUB 9.8 billion). The mine is expected to reach a targeted capacity of 1 million tons of ore per year by 2021 and have a lifespan of 13 years, ALROSA said. “The construction

Standard Chartered Opts out of Diamond Sector
London: London-based bank Standard Chartered, one of the largest lenders to the diamond industry midstream has announced that it will shut its diamond and jewelry business, according to a report published in The Times of India. It was reported in March that the bank, which has lent around $2 billion to the industry, had asked its diamond-processing clients, particularly in

RJC Elects Wilfried Hoerner as Chairman
Las Vegas: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) voted in Wilfried Hoerner of Swiss precious metals company Argor-Heraeus as chairman at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Las Vegas earlier this month. Hoerner replaces Charles Chaussepied, who held the position of interim chair since last July. The organization, which sets standards for the entire jewelry supply chain, re-appointed Mark Jenkins of