Mentha oil prices fell by Rs 5.50 to Rs 1,324.30 per kg in futures trade today due to profit booking by the traders on falling demand in the spot market.

Mentha oil futures decline on profit-booking

Press Trust of India

Aluminium prices gained 0.94% to Rs 106.90 per kg in futures market today on the back of pick-up in spot demand and a firming trend overseas.

Aluminium up 0.94% in futures trade

Jeera prices fell by Rs 454 to Rs 13,725 per quintal in futures trade today as speculators preferred to book profits amid a weakening spot market trend.

Jeera futures under pressure on weak spot demand

After hitting Rs 29,000 per 10g for the first time due to a 1.4 per cent slump in the value of the rupee against the greenback, standard gold in Mumbai&rsquo;s Zaveri Bazar slipped on profit booking by small traders.

Gold sets new high record on rupee depreciation

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The Maharashtra government has appealed to the central government to allow a million tonnes (mt) of sugar exports in November. And, that this could be increased by half a million to a million tonnes each in December, January, March and April.

Maharashtra govt presses Centre to allow liberal sugar export under OGL

A day after Union food minister K V Thomas said the government was open to the idea of allowing some export of sugar during the current crop marketing year that started in October, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar put his weight behind this, too.

Golden time for India to enter sugar export market: Pawar

Natural rubber (NR) production recorded an increase of 5 per cent during April-October period of the current financial year, while consumption almost remained flat.

Natural rubber production up 5% consumption flat

Global coffee prices are likely to remain at comfortable level during the year 2011-12 with Brazil, the major producing country, going to have a off-year, a top commerce ministry official said.

Prices of coffee to remain firm

Halt in purchase by Cotton Corporation of India tests the nerves of farmers waiting to sell at better prices.

Cotton price falls despite hoarding

The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) may stick to its earlier projection of 35.5 million bales (of 170 kg each) of cotton output for the current crop season that began in October.

Bad weather not to hit output

The Coffee Board and the ministry of commerce were planning to introduce several new schemes in the 12th Five-Year Plan, beginning April 2012, to encourage growers to increase the production of coffee and strengthen the plantation sector, a top Coffee Board official said.

Coffee Board plans to create database of plantations

Strong growth outlook, reasonable valuations should help Muthoot, Manappuram deliver good returns.

Gold lenders shine in Q2

Cotton farmers in the state are worried about a major crisis due to crop failure in the current season. While lack of rains and power failure had brought down the yield, the increase in input cost made them to invest more. The fall in the yield is likely to hit them hard in addition to the low minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 3,300 a quintal.

Cotton farmers fear crop crisis

Peeved at the state&rsquo;s insistence that there should not be any delay over the commencement of crushing of cane this season, private sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh are set to drag the government into a legal issue. The UP Sugar Mills Association (UPSMA) is filing a case in the Allahabad High Court tomorrow against &ldquo;coercion&rdquo; from the Mayawati regime.

Sugar mills to take UP government to court

With the economy slowing and the garment business still looking for stability, the subsidy scheme for technology upgradation in the textile sector has received lukewarm response in its new avatar. It was in April last year that the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (Tufs) was relaunched, after being discontinued for a while despite its huge success over a decade preceding it.

Textile subsidy scheme weaves dull streak in new avatar

Guarseed futures prices fell by Rs 110 to Rs 3,996 per quintal today, as traders offloaded their holdings tracking weak spot market sentiments.

Guarseed futures plunge on heavy selling

Lead futures prices fell by 0.60% to Rs 98.70 per kg today, as speculators reduced their positions to book profits.

Lead futures down by 0.6% on profit-booking

True, an unprecendent rise in prices of precious metals like gold may dissuade a section of potential buyers, but jewellers and bullion traders are looking forward to handsome sales with the onset of the festive season on Friday.

Jewellers aim at golden harvest 

Investors are staying away from the market due to the recent volatility in gold prices.

Turnover, volumes of gold decline, silver shines

State-owned NMDC, which had recently struck a deal to acquire 50 per cent in Australia&rsquo;s Legacy Iron Ore for about Rs 90 crore, is in the process of acquiring five more mines abroad.

NMDC to buy five more mines abroad

Silver prices tumbled by Rs 1,300 to Rs 53,000 per kg in the national capital today on emergence of profit-selling by stockists amid weak global trend.

Silver tumbles on weak global cues, gold steady

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