Archive for the November 2, 2005
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Zambia's chief copper producer Konkola will use $400 million from parent Vedanta Resources to expand its smelter and improve underground operations to increase production, the company said. Konkola Copper Mines Plc's Nkana smelter, Zambia's largest,
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Ukrainian farms have harvested 97 percent of the 2005 sunflower area, with the crop reaching a record 4.743 million tonnes bunker weight, the Farm Ministry said on Tuesday. Official data showed farmers had harvested 3.503
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US FOB Gulf corn basis offers were mostly steady on Monday, while soyabeans were lower amid sluggish export demand, traders said. Barge freight bids for this week were higher on the lower Mississippi River, lower
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Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Monday but gained back some ground against both Kansas City and Minneapolis wheat in inter-market trade, traders said. Traders bought Chicago wheat while selling
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The official spot rate maintained its surge, gaining further on the cotton market on Tuesday on reports of decline in the phutti arrivals, dealers said. The official spot rate picked up another Rs 25 to
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China, one of the world's top sugar consumers, expects output to grow more than 7.0 percent to 9.8 - 10 million tonnes in the year through September 2006, government officials said on Tuesday. The increase
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The trading on dyes sector moved both ways on Tuesday on Jodia Bazar. The following changes were seen in China Ten Jin Blue x GRL 250pc up Rs 40 to Rs 240, Red 3R 250pc
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South Korean feed millers have bought about 160,000 tonnes of corn for feed production through private negotiations from Cargill, with arrivals between December and January, trade sources said on Tuesday. The feed millers had bought
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US copper futures closed down on Monday but managed to hold and settle above the $1.80 a lb. level in quiet dealings due to the beginning of the London Metal Exchange dinner week, sources said.
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Tokyo gold futures slipped on Tuesday as falls in oil prices and the dollar-based spot price in New York prompted sales from investors, but a weaker yen versus the dollar provided a cushion for the
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