Archive for the February 3, 2005
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Singapore bunker prices eased on Wednesday, tracking lower fuel oil cargo values. Bunker fuel of 380-centistoke (cst) grade was pegged at $191-$193 a tonne, down $2 from the previous trading day with the premium to
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The Karachi Port handled 134,772 tonnes of cargo including 115,037 tonnes import and 19,735 tonnes export inclusive of containerised cargo carried in 5,970 containers, during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The
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Brazilian 2004/05 (May/April) cocoa arrivals from Bahia and other states totalled 2.70 million 60-kg bags by January 30, down 11 percent from 3.04 million bags a year ago, the Bahia Commercial Association said Wednesday. Bahia
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Southeast Asia's only aluminium smelter, Japanese-owned PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, expects to produce about 13 percent more metal in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, a company official said on Wednesday. Higher
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Syria's state grains agency has issued a tender for the sale and export of 50,000 T of soft milling wheat and 50,000 tonnes of hard amber durum wheat, European traders said on Wednesday. Bidding deadline
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Thai rice futures ended higher in a sluggish trade on Wednesday as players were reluctant to take positions ahead of the country's general election at the weekend, brokers said. Overall volume dropped sharply with only
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Pakistan's edible oil imports are likely to remain slow in the coming week as importers become more cautious about falling international prices, dealers said on Wednesday. "Prices have again fallen in Malaysia, which will make
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US Gulf FOB corn and soyabean basis offers were steady on Tuesday, with high water on the Mississippi River near the Gulf coast slowing barge traffic. "The high water at the Gulf is making it
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Current ship loading for Manila and news of a planned Philippine rice tender have firmed prices in Vietnam, traders said on Wednesday. They said prices should ease late this month when supplies arrived from the
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US Midwest spot soyabean basis bids were steady to firm early Wednesday, while corn basis bids were steady to narrowly mixed, grain merchandisers said. Light sales of both commodities were reported despite the drop to
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