Sanctions-happy Washington continues to aid in a slow rapprochement between Russia and Ukraine. Ironically enough, at moment the US is demanding Nord Stream 2 contractors to lay down their tools and Continue...Read More
The efficacy of a metallic monetary system is beyond dispute at least among real economists which eliminates just about 95% of whom are now engaged in the “profession.”Money, which gold is, allows for specialization, the division of labor, and provides the means for mankind to escape from barter and, thus, a primitive existence.Like free trade, money naturally integrates mankind both a...Read More
Malaysia will impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 26.39% on cold-rolled coil imported from China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. The import taxes will be in effect for five years from December 25, 2019, to December 24, 2024, Malaysia's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) said earlier this week.The products subject to the duties are cold-rolled coils of iron or non-alloy steel, of...Read More
The European Commission (EC) is planning to again review its safeguard measures for hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) flat steel destined for the automotive sector, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.In the definitive measures for metallic-coated sheets (product category 4), the EC split the product category into two sub-categories, 4A and 4B, with the automotive sector mainly consuming...Read More
Overcapacity in the global steel sector has been an issue for many years, but has intensified in the recent years, according to Ankur Dana, chief executive officer of Dubai-based multinational Dana Group .Global overcapacity causes steel prices to fall, so governments should only approve new capacities if there is need, Dana said at Fastmarkets' Middle East Iron and Steel Conference in Dubai on De...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa has unearthed a rough stone weighing 190.77 carats from its Botuobinskaya pipe in the Siberian republic of Yakutia.The company has estimated the white, high-quality diamond is approximately 2 billion years old. It plans to send it to the company's United Selling Organization for a more detailed evaluation, the miner said last week."The discovery of such a large and high-qua...Read More
RAPAPORT... After 16 years of working as a manufacturer - 10 of which he spent as manager of Laurence Graff's South African business Safdico - Ilan Kaplan decided to "turn on its head all the traditional thinking in the diamond industry." Together with fellow rough-diamond specialist Ravi Gukin and polished-diamond expert Daniel Feigin, Kaplan founded iSparkle in August 2018 - a lean, mean ma...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sales of fine jewelry and fine watches increased by 3.2 percent in the U.S. market in October compared to October 2018, as shown in the graph below. This is the fourth successive month in which sales have increased since the start of the year, evidence that the market is solidly picking up at last. OutlookRetailers are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the all-important...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Total U.S. jewelry sales increased 1.8 percent over the holiday shopping period, according to figures from Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online jewelry sales grew by 8.8 percent from November 1-December 24.Overall, U.S. retail sales grew 3.4 percent (excluding auto sales) this holiday season, with online sales up 18.8 percent compared to 2018. "E-commerce sales hit a record...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Alrosa has ended the year on a strong note with the discovery of a 191-carat rough stone from the Botuobinskaya kimberlite pipe in Yakutia. The Russian mining company said the Christmas Day find has high quality characteristics.The diamond will be sent to Alrosa's United Selling Organization for a detailed evaluation.Mining at the Botuobinskaya pipe began in 2015. The pipe is...Read More
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