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Latest News in Commodities

Bottleneck in Brazil boosts price of sugar
7 Sep 2010 at 2:41pm
Six-month high is attained on the back of very strong physical demand and export holdups

World Bank backs farmland investment
7 Sep 2010 at 1:50pm
Vendors urged to demand much more to increase their farming productivity and peoples’ livehoods

China enforces steel mill energy measures
7 Sep 2010 at 6:43am
Local-level implementation gives credence to national energy efficiency targets and raises stock prices in the sector on the prospect of supply cuts of up to 10 per cent in September

Silver surges as global industrial appetite revives
6 Sep 2010 at 3:05pm
Robust industrial demand as the global manufacturing cycle gains momentum after the summer helps silver towards a two-and-half year high

Russia’s wheat farmers fear for next year’s crop
6 Sep 2010 at 12:06pm
Dry conditions as winter planting begins suggests trouble ahead in the grain belt which would put markets under heavy pressure

New Delhi set to fuel cotton price rise
6 Sep 2010 at 11:06am
The world’s second-largest exporter has unexpectedly extended export restrictions on the fibre, reversing promises made three weeks ago

View of the Day: Ashraf Laidi, CMC Markets
6 Sep 2010 at 10:25am
Precious metals should benefit more from renewed quantitative easing than base metals such as copper, with silver likely to outperform gold

BHP needs to strike balance on Potash price
6 Sep 2010 at 12:13pm
Three weeks after its initially secret $39bn approach to PotashCorp, the Anglo-Australian miner faces conflicting pressures over the price it might have to pay to secure its target

Bid puts potash back on investors’ radar
6 Sep 2010 at 11:22am
BHP Billiton’s $39bn hostile takeover bid for PotashCorp has revived interest in the commodity and the companies mining it, prompting investors to flood fertiliser consultants for advice

US coal
6 Sep 2010 at 8:58am
The fuel’s price could rise enough to make it more expensive than gas

Harvest fears push up global grain prices
3 Sep 2010 at 10:24am
The cost of barley, an important feed for the livestock industry, and of rice also moved higher on the week

Ground forces
3 Sep 2010 at 7:22am
The price of ready-to-roast coffee beans has gone up by a third this year, considerably more than wheat (20 per cent) or lean hogs (16 per cent)

Fears grow over global food supply
3 Sep 2010 at 4:22am
Wheat prices have risen further in the wake of Russia’s decision to extend its grain export ban by 12 months, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08

Optimism over China demand bolsters copper
2 Sep 2010 at 3:04pm
Resurgent hopes for a stronger economic rebound in China could take prices to $9,000 a tonne in the next year

Cotton prices surge to 15-year peak
2 Sep 2010 at 11:40am
Supply problems threaten higher clothing prices for consumers