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Latest News in Commodities

Poland is cream in the cup for Coffeeheaven
5 Sep 2008 at 2:40pm
Coffeeheaven has brought the taste of the west to eastern Europe, where founder Richard Worthington believes it has plenty of room to expand

Xstrata buys stake in Indophil Resources
5 Sep 2008 at 11:23am
Mining group Xstrata bought a large stake in Indophil Resources as it seeks to gain control of one of the world’s largest unexploited copper mines

Vale seeks 20% iron ore price rise from China
5 Sep 2008 at 11:04am
Vale of Brazil, the world’s largest iron ore producer, is putting pressure on Chinese steelmakers to pay up to 20 per cent more for their contracted ore

Indian customers lured by gold’s lower price
4 Sep 2008 at 5:51pm
Demand is booming in New Delhi as retail consumers return to the market with the arrival of the festival season, helping sustain the yellow metal at $800 an ounce

Chartering slowdown affects index
4 Sep 2008 at 10:30am
The fall in the Baltic Dry Index from its record May high point reached 50 per cent on lower raw materials demand and more vessels available

Oil’s fall beats inflation threat
3 Sep 2008 at 6:33am
The latest drop in oil prices has sounded the death knell for inflation fears in 2008, and a better season for bonds should ensue, believes Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.

Long-term damage feared as commodities fall
2 Sep 2008 at 6:04pm
Of the 21 commodities tracked by Deutsche Bank, only four show positive returns in the second half of the year, while the others have posted losses of almost 40%

Oil price of $100 a barrel on horizon
2 Sep 2008 at 4:03pm
Oil prices sank to a five-month low of just more than $105 a barrel as traders turned their sights on signs that slower growth was spreading beyond the US

Lonmin boosts defence against Xstrata
2 Sep 2008 at 12:02pm
Platinum miner shores up its defences against the hostile �5bn approach from Swiss-based miner Xstrata, issuing figures it said demonstrated the proposed offer undervalued it

Oil prices lower as fears ease over Gustav
1 Sep 2008 at 2:21pm
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday as Hurricane Gustav made a smaller impact on the energy-rich US Gulf of Mexico than expected, with traders betting that damage would be limited and short-lived

Slowdown in growth puts lid on price surges
1 Sep 2008 at 9:57am
The doldrums of July and August broke an upward trend on commodities markets and September is extending the drift to lower prices