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NEWS BRIEFING: 24 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 Gold Heads for Weekly Drop as Inflation Fuels Rate-Hike Bets Bloomberg News, 14 May 2026, Bloomberg Gold fell as much as 3% to under $4,520 an ounce on track for a roughly 3.3% weekly decline as bond yields rose globally on doubts over how quickly Middle East oil supplies can return, with metals from copper to gold caught in a broad selloff on war-driven inflation fears. www.bloomberg.com 💰 Silver Slumps to Close Out a Rollercoaster Week of

NEWS BRIEFING: 31 July 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ' Anglo Said to Be in Talks to Sell De Beers for About $1 Billion' Bloomberg News, 29 July 2026, Bloomberg: Anglo American is reported to be negotiating the sale of its 85 per cent stake in De Beers to a consortium for around $1 billion, a fraction of the diamond miner's former worth after a prolonged downturn in the rough market. www.bloomberg.com 💰'LVMH Shares Encouraging Half-Year Results As Luxury Renews With Growth' Clara Ludmir, 28 July

NEWS BRIEFING: 18 April 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold climbs above $4,850 as markets focus on Iran peace talks’ Staff Reporter, 17 April 2026, Trading Economics (Reuters data) Spot gold closed a fourth consecutive weekly gain at roughly $4,867 per ounce as news that the Strait of Hormuz would remain open during the US–Iran ceasefire triggered a sharp fall in oil and reinforced expectations that a lasting deal would ease inflationary pressure on bullion. tradingeconomics.com/commodity 💰 ‘Silver market heads for sixth straight deficit year,

NEWS BRIEFING: 10 April 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold Gains Over 1% as Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire Keeps Markets on Edge’ Reuters, 9 April 2026, Kitco News Gold climbed more than 1% as a weaker dollar lent support and investors assessed the durability of the two-week US-Iran truce, with the Strait of Hormuz still closed and Federal Reserve rate expectations increasingly uncertain. www.kitco.com 💰 ‘U.S.-Iran Ceasefire: Gold and Safe Havens Hold Firm Despite Risk Rally’ CNBC Staff, 8 April 2026, CNBC The announcement of a conditional

NEWS BRIEFING: 31 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold hits two-month low as U.S.-Iran tension stokes inflation fears’ Reuters, 28 May 2026, CNBC Fresh US strikes on Iran lifted the dollar and crude prices, dragging spot gold down to roughly $4,380 an ounce — its weakest level since late March — as traders pared back expectations of near-term interest-rate cuts. www.cnbc.com 💰 ‘Hong Kong to Get Edge in Asia Gold-Hub Push With Clearing System’ Bloomberg News, 27 May 2026, Bloomberg Hong Kong’s new central

NEWS BRIEFING: 2 April 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Rio Tinto Calls Time on Diamond Business as Last Mine Closes' Bloomberg, 26 March 2026 Rio Tinto Group completed its exit from diamond production as its Diavik mine in Canada's Northwest Territories delivered its final ore after 23 years and more than 150 million carats, with closure and reclamation work now set to continue through 2029. www.bloomberg.com 💰 'Diavik Diamond Mine Reaches Final Production After 23 Years' A.J. Roan, 27 March 2026, Mining News North A ceremony

NEWS BRIEFING: 20 June 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold steady as investors await details of US-Iran peace deal’ Reuters, 16 June 2026, CNBC : Bullion held near a one-week high as markets awaited the formal signing of the US-Iran agreement, before a hawkish Federal Reserve and a stronger dollar pulled prices back later in the week. www.cnbc.com 💰 ‘Current price of silver as of Tuesday, June 16, 2026’ Fortune, 17 June 2026, Fortune : Silver hovered around $70 an ounce, still up more than

NEWS BRIEFING: 17 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 Global markets shake as silver plunges, gold drops, bonds and stocks slide on inflation fears Staff Reporters, 15 May 2026, CNBC Silver plummeted nearly seven per cent and gold lost almost two per cent in a single session after the Trump–Xi summit ended without a trade deal and hotter-than-expected US CPI and PPI prints stoked fears that the Federal Reserve will be unable to cut rates, dragging both precious metals and equities lower in lockstep. www.cnbc.com

NEWS BRIEFING: 7 August 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'Gold hits seven-week high as weak U.S. jobs data dents rate hike bets' Ashitha Shivaprasad, 7 August 2026, Reuters: An unexpected 23,000 fall in US July payrolls knocked back Federal Reserve tightening bets and sent spot gold up 2.6 per cent to $4,348.87 an ounce, capping its strongest week since January, with silver, platinum and palladium all following it higher. www.reuters.com 💰'China's gold reserves rise by most since October 2023 as buying pace quickens' Reuters, 7 August 2026,

NEWS BRIEFING: 8 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Gold and silver's historic rally could resume 'as fog of war lifts'' Lee Ying Shan, 7 May 2026, CNBC Analysts at OCBC and other Asian banks suggest precious metals could recover their record-setting trajectory once Middle East tensions ease, with bullion having paused near $4,700 an ounce after a tumultuous start to the year. www.cnbc.com 💰 'Current price of gold for May 7, 2026' Aly Yale, 7 May 2026, Fortune Spot gold sat at approximately $4,739 an

NEWS BRIEFING: 1 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Our Long Love Affair With Gold’ Lane Florsheim, 16 April 2026, The Wall Street Journal From the trading floor of Bullion Trading on New York's 47th Street Diamond District to private vaults in Switzerland, the WSJ reports on how gold's record-breaking rally has reshaped consumer behaviour and brought a new generation of investors face-to-face with physical bullion. www.wsj.com 💰 ‘Analysts See Gold to End 2026 Below $4,500/Ounce’ Reuters / Investing.com, 27 April 2026, Yahoo Finance A Reuters

NEWS BRIEFING: 24 April 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold retreats toward $4,700 as Strait of Hormuz tensions keep traders cautious’ Staff Reporter, 23 April 2026, Trading Economics (Reuters data) Spot gold slipped to $4,738 per ounce on 23 April, easing from record highs earlier in the month as investors weighed Tehran’s continued restriction of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz against signs of progress on the US–Iran ceasefire. tradingeconomics.com 💰 ‘Gold eases below $4,800 as firmer dollar erodes safe-haven premium’ Staff Reporter, 21 April 2026,

NEWS BRIEFING: 28 June 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold falls as dollar holds firm on Fed rate-hike expectations’ Reuters, 23 June 2026, CNBC: A one-year-high dollar and rising bets on a September Fed hike drove gold down more than 2% to around $4,100, extending a slide of over 3% since the Fed meeting and roughly 20% below January’s record. www.cnbc.com 💰 ‘Silver price hits new low, here is what comes next’ Hillary Remy, 11 June 2026, TheStreet : Silver has shed more than 40% since

NEWS BRIEFING: 28 March 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Gold Set for Worst Week in Six Years as War Curbs Rate-Cut Bets' Bloomberg, 19–20 March 2026 Bullion recorded its biggest weekly loss since 1983 as Middle East conflict drove energy prices higher and reduced expectations for interest rate cuts, with traders increasing bets on Fed tightening to 50% by October. www.bloomberg.com 💰 'Gold Steadies After Six-Day Decline as Fed Warns on Inflation' Bloomberg, 18–19 March 2026 Gold sank for a seventh consecutive session as the Iran

NEWS BRIEFING: 5 June 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold slips on bets of higher rates as war fuels inflation fears’ Reuters, 3 June 2026, CNBC: Gold eased toward $4,440 an ounce as a stronger dollar, higher oil and the ongoing US–Iran conflict reinforced expectations of higher-for-longer rates rather than cuts. www.cnbc.com 💰 ‘Silver price predictions: What should investors expect over the next decade?’ Yahoo Finance, 28 May 2026, Yahoo Finance: With silver more than doubling to around $79 an ounce, the piece weighs bank forecasts

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Mad Exhibition Explores Fake News, Sensationalist Headlines, and Conspiracy Theories Through Jewellery

Mad Exhibition Explores Fake News, Sensationalist Headlines, and Conspiracy Theories Through Jewellery Fake News and True Love: Fourteen Stories by Robert Baines The Museum of Arts and Design, New York 16 October 2018 – 3 March 2019 The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is pleased to present Fake News and True Love: Fourteen Stories by Robert Baines, a solo exhibition of jewelry by Australian artist Robert Baines, on view October 16, 2018, through March 3, 2019. The exhibition centers on fourteen fanciful news stories, of which Baines' jewelry serves as "evidence." Using rings, parures, neckpieces, and bracelets, the artist

NEWS: Join Bishopsland in making an enduring investment in British Silversmithing

Bishopsland’s intensive silversmithing programme is quietly shaping the future of British craft. Combining purpose-built workshop facilities with expert tuition in both technical excellence and commercial practice, the programme offers far more than skills training. At its heart is a lifelong professional community that continues to support makers long after they leave, helping emerging silversmiths and jewellers turn talent into sustainable, fulfilling careers. Few institutions offer vocational training at this advanced level—and fewer still can point to Bishopsland’s proven track record of success. The programme is led by Principal Angela Cork MA RCA, an established practising silversmith, and delivered by an

NEWS: Jewellery and Metal MA Students Showcasing Work At Upcoming Royal College of Art Graduate Exhibition

Every year, the Royal College of Art organises a series of public exhibitions towards the end of its academic programme, allowing postgraduate students to showcase their work. This serves as an opportunity for students to present the projects they have been working on during their time at the college. Aeri Go, student, in the Jewellery & Metal studio at the Royal College of Art As led by Head of Programme Dr Jonathan Boyd, students within the Jewellery & Metal MA (JaM) programme are encouraged to develop their creativity through critical and interdisciplinary making. These works will be featured as part

NEWS: Making Is Thinking: Jonathan Boyd’s ethos for the Jewellery & Metal MA at the Royal College of Art

We don’t always make choices that we can articulate through words, so the things we choose to keep close to us offer a murkier, poetic analysis. Through jewellery making and metalwork, Royal College of Art Head of Programme Dr. Jonathan Boyd considers jewellery as a means to explore our immaterial relationship with material objects. As a result, the act of making becomes the process through which we pull things apart and ask ourselves, “Why are we attracted to things and how are things attracted to us?” Elaheh Naghi Ganji (2023) Boyd is originally from Aberdeen and has spent the majority

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Ute Eitzenhöfer - Subtext - Galerie Marzee

Ute Eitzenhöfer - Subtext Galerie Marzee Netherlands Now - 22 May 2021 Ute Eitzenhöfer’s exhibition comprises three groups of work, united by an underlying Subtext . Driven always by a desire to make jewellery that is not only adornment but also a medium for social comment, her first group, Talk , confronts the power of words uttered, words broadcast through a microphone not written or printed, texted or tweeted. Formed like small microphones pinned to the lapel of a news reporter, these oxidised silver brooches set with tiny diamond chips and small pieces of onyx, trick the eye. Their appearance misleads

Crayola Colour Crush

The month of April is now upon us which makes it just the right time to get our new-season wish-lists brimming with the trend-train must-haves! With the international fashion weeks done and dusted, we've done our trends research for the upcoming months and there's only two words for it: Colour. Explosion. With the politics and news of the world in a permanent state of gloom and malaise, the creative designers of 2018 have taken action to whip away the dullness with a kaleidoscopic dive into Crayola rainbow colours. Nothing short of uplifting, inspiriting and energising, the underlying message from S/S

TCT 3Sixty 2021

TCT 3Sixty 2021 29 June - 1 July 2021 NEC, Birmingham Rapid News Group has announced the decision to postpone TCT 3Sixty, the UK’s flagship event for 3D Printing & Additive Intelligence, to 2021. Originally scheduled for 29 September – 01 October 2020, the event will now take place from 29 June – 01 July 2021. The venue for the event, the NEC, Birmingham, UK is unchanged. The decision to postpone the event comes as a result of the unprecedented times the event industry finds itself in as a result of the global Coronavirus pandemic. The rescheduling of the show reflects

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