Archive for August 2004
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Singapore bunker prices eased on Thursday, tracking lower spot fuel oil cargo levels, on moderate demand, traders said. Dealers said 380-centistoke bunker fuel oil was pegged at $187-$190 a tonne, down $2 from Wednesday, while
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The Karachi Port handled 99,647 tonnes of cargo including 86,747 tonnes import and 12,900 tonnes export cargo during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The cargo comprised of 58,517 tonnes dry and
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World wheat output is seen jumping to a record 614 million tonnes in 2004/05 from last season's weather-hit crop of 554 million tonnes after output boosts in North America, Europe and the CIS, the International
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India's major copper producers are scouting for more mines overseas to reduce their dependence on imports of copper concentrate, industry officials said on Thursday. Hindalco Industries Ltd has shortlisted 10 copper mines in four countries,
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Soft red winter (SRW) wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Wednesday because Egypt cancelled a tender for wheat, traders said. Pressure on SRW also came from news that an order
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US FOB corn and soyabean basis offers were mostly steady on Wednesday amid slow farmer selling and no fresh demand in soyabeans, traders said. Soft red winter wheat basis offers were higher amid slow movement,
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Vietnam could raise rice exports this year to around 3.9 million tonnes, above the planned limit of 3.5 million tonnes, a senior official in the agriculture ministry was quoted as saying on Thursday. Her comments
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A flurry of buying activity was witnessed on cotton market when a number of mills purchased most of the available stocks in recent sessions. Moreover, lint prices rose about Rs 50 per maund (37.32 kgs)
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A flurry of buying activity was witnessed on cotton market when a number of mills purchased most of the available stocks in recent sessions. Moreover, lint prices rose about Rs 50 per maund (37.32 kgs)
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The December vaida opened unchanged at Rs 417.30, and rose by 30 paisa in subsequent trading to be the highest at Rs 417.60. Later, due to depressed trading, it lost Rs 1.10 to turn lowest
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