Domestic non-ferrous players like Hindalco and Sterlite Industries are grappling with sluggish spot treatment and refining charges (TC/RC) in their copper divisions, largely due to the surging global

Smelters` margins tumble

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Sesame seed exports from the country are estimated to surge over 300,000 tonnes in 2008-09 on account of lower production in Sudan and Ethiopia.


Sesame seed exports to jump on low global output

Approximately 10,000 small and medium secondary copper processing units , with a cumulative capacity of 2.5-3 lakh tonnes, producing 20 per cent of Indias total output, are looking at other business

Price volatility hits small copper units

Gold production in the country during the 11-month period ended February 29, 2008 fell 6.6 per cent to 10.93 tonnes from 11.70 tonnes in the corresponding period last year, according todata released

Gold output falls 6.6% in Apr-Feb

Asian stocks fell for the first time in five days, led by automakers and banks, on concern that the US economy is deteriorating as credit market losses widen.


Asian stocks pare gains

The National Commodity &amp; Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), the countrys largest agri commodity exchange, is planning to launch futures of 8-gram gold coins contracts soon. 


NCDEX to launch mini-gold contracts within a month

Speciality and value added coffee exports from India are likely to fall this crop year (2007-08) owing to unseasonal rains which lashed coffee growing districts of Karnataka twice - once in February

Coffee exports set to drop, courtesy unseasonal rain

Higher inflation and the governments likely intervention in the forward trading of a few commodities kept the chana futures volatile last week.<BR><BR>Though the early trading sessions saw a slight

Chana to trade weak

Sugar futures in New York fell, declining for the second straight week because of Indias plans to boost exports and speculation that high taxes will keep shipments to Russia from increasing.


Sugar falls in NY on India`s export plans

The prices of agricultural commodities have gone up sharply in the last one year while production has remained stagnant despite rising global demand. 


Agri product prices to soar: Experts

Sri Lanka, which has suffered damage to its paddy crop, is seeking 1,00,000 tonnes of rice from India even as the latter has imposed stringent restrictions on exports of the foodgrain.


Lanka may ask India to reduce MEP of rice

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State-run National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed) of India has left the minimum export price (MEP) for onion for April largely unchanged from March, Chairman C B Holkar has said

Onion exports price kept  unchanged

Punjab and Haryana are all set to start the next procurement season for wheat from April 1, with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the central agency, and state agencies expecting to lift a total

Punjab, Haryana gear up for wheat procurement

The country produced 18.8 million tonnes of sugar in the first five months of the ongoing 2012-13 season that started from October 2012, slightly lower than the year-ago period, industry body ISMA said today.

Sugar output falls marginally to 18.8 mn tonnes: ISMA

Hit by appreciating rupee, weak demand. 


Coffee exports down by 11.2%

Asian stocks rose, helping a key index cap its fifth year of gains, amid speculation the US Federal Reserve will cut rates next year to boost growth in the worlds largest economy. 


Asia gains for fifth year

Falling exports, labour woes force margin-hit units to explore other opportunities.


Diamond players diversify business

Move may result in loss of market to Thailand.


Rice export price hiked to $500 a tonne

Good harvest, arrivals take a toll on spot rates.


Potato prices crash by 50%

The government has cut the minimum export price (MEP) of onion by $50 to $200 a tonne with effect from January 1, 2008, to contain the declining trend in the domestic rates of the commodity.


Onion MEP cut by $50

Agri commodities futures showed a mixed trend on the last day of the year. While a majority of the commodities closed firm, spices and pulses ruled weak. 


Mixed trend rules agri commodities as year ends

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