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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
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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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
