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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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Rajesh Exports: Robust Q2, Strengthening Top-Line
Mumbai: Rajesh Exports reported a strong set of results for the quarter ended September, 2015 which was a record quarter for the company. The company completed the acquisition of Valcambi, the world’s largest gold refiner, at the end of July, 2015 and hence the revenues and profits for this quarter included the performance of Valcambi for the months of August

Civil Society to Boycott KP in 2016
Johannesburg: Civil society members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) will boycott the organization next year in protest at the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) chairmanship of the international body that combats conflict diamonds. The 11 members of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition say the UAE’s chairmanship crosses a red line due to “widespread concerns over UAE’s lenient standards

Lucara’s Exceptional Stone Tender Earns $30 Mln
Gaborone: Lucara Diamonds’ second Exceptional Stone Tender of 2015 achieved revenues of US $29.7 million ($20,625 per carat). The tender included 13 single stones totalling 1,440 carats. The very large, high quality exceptional stones were extracted from its 100% owned Karowe Mine in Botswana. The announcement points out the following highlights: 10 diamonds sold for more than $1.0 million each

India Plans to Promote Diamonds with Miners
Mumbai: Falling sales and squeezing margins have prompted Indian diamond trade to consider teaming up with miners like Rio Tinto, ALROSA and De Beers and launching a marketing campaign in strategic markets like China, Latin America and the Middle East, reports The Economic Times. The plan is to rope in international advertising agencies and celebrities to promote diamond that of

Rajesh Exports: Robust Q2, Strengthening Top-Line
Mumbai: Rajesh Exports reported a strong set of results for the quarter ended September, 2015 which was a record quarter for the company. The company completed the acquisition of Valcambi, the world’s largest gold refiner, at the end of July, 2015 and hence the revenues and profits for this quarter included the performance of Valcambi for the months of August

Civil Society to Boycott KP in 2016
Johannesburg: Civil society members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) will boycott the organization next year in protest at the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) chairmanship of the international body that combats conflict diamonds. The 11 members of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition say the UAE’s chairmanship crosses a red line due to “widespread concerns over UAE’s lenient standards

Lucara’s Exceptional Stone Tender Earns $30 Mln
Gaborone: Lucara Diamonds’ second Exceptional Stone Tender of 2015 achieved revenues of US $29.7 million ($20,625 per carat). The tender included 13 single stones totalling 1,440 carats. The very large, high quality exceptional stones were extracted from its 100% owned Karowe Mine in Botswana. The announcement points out the following highlights: 10 diamonds sold for more than $1.0 million each

India Plans to Promote Diamonds with Miners
Mumbai: Falling sales and squeezing margins have prompted Indian diamond trade to consider teaming up with miners like Rio Tinto, ALROSA and De Beers and launching a marketing campaign in strategic markets like China, Latin America and the Middle East, reports The Economic Times. The plan is to rope in international advertising agencies and celebrities to promote diamond that of