Singapore bunker prices plunged on Monday, tracking lower fuel oil cargo values and sold down by suppliers eager to clear October barrels as the end of the month approached, traders said. Prices for 380-centistoke (cst)

Read More

Maltese civil protection officials have sealed a ship at Malta Freeport and put its crew in quarantine after dockworkers reported seeing a number of dead birds on board, the government chief veterinary officer said. State

Read More

Loading operations at Iraq's Basra oil terminal were suspended on Monday but could resume later on in the day, as the weather starts to improve after sandstorms and wild seas forced it to shut on

Read More

Unsettled weather was forecast to continue in Brazil's coffee belt in the early part of the week, followed by another beneficial wet weather system, independent weather service Somar said on Monday. Parana, the most southerly

Read More

Brazil's 2005-06 (October-September) soyabean crop forecast was trimmed 0.9 percent to 57.60 million tonnes, from 58.14 million tonnes in August, due to lack of credit, private analysts AgRural said on Monday. In its second new-crop

Read More

The Karachi Port handled 206,265 tonnes of cargo including 177,262 tonnes import and 29,003 tonnes export cargo including 2,183 containers during last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The cargo comprised of 140,947

Read More

High rubber prices restricted buying from China, the world's largest consumer for rubber, in Asia on Monday, but the outlook remains bullish for prices. Setting the tone for global rubber prices, Tokyo rubber futures have

Read More

London Metal Exchange copper futures drifted around $3,900 a tonne in Asia on Monday, with investors hugging the sidelines after a roller-coaster ride late last week. LME copper for delivery in three months was at

Read More

Tokyo gold futures rebounded on Monday, buoyed by steady bargain-hunting that helped carry over a rise in New York on short-covering and partly on renewed geopolitical concerns afer a bomb scare in Washington D.C. Tokyo

Read More

Gold headed lower in Asia on Monday as the dollar firmed against the euro but dealers expected buying interest to resurface at lower levels and offer support at around $460 an ounce. Spot gold fell

Read More