Record Thinning Concession Signed in Arizona by Pioneer Associates
Pioneer Associates(PXD) won a contract allowing them to exploit an area of 300,000 acres of Arizona forests on Friday, May 19. The contract is part of an ambitious 20-year plan that aims to restore 2.4...
View ArticleFinnish Paper Makers Shift Focus to Asia and Latin America
The Financial Times recently reported that decreasing demand for paper in Europe has posed challenges for countries such as Finland, whose economies are heavily reliant on forestry. As a result, the...
View ArticleBanks Being Voluntarily and Pre-emptively Ethical?
Commerzbank AG (CBK), Germany’s second largest bank, has removed agricultural products from a commodity index fund, Reuters reported on 9 August 2012. While the bank so far has not elaborated on the...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Wheat Rebounds from Multi-Month Lows
iNVEZZ.com, Friday, July 26th: The wheat price rose today, rebounding from a 13-month low, with data showing that last week’s US export sales surpassed analyst estimates. The corn price edged lower,...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Corn Drops to 33-Month Low on Cooler U.S. Weather
iNVEZZ.com Monday, July 29th: Corn futures extended declines today, reaching a 33-month low on speculation U.S. crops will escape damage from hot weather in the next few weeks as temperatures remain...
View ArticleChinese Mining Groups Seem Ill-Prepared for Global Expansion
Sino Iron May Run Over Budget by $8 BillionIn an analysis published on June 24, the Financial Times remarked that China’s international resource expansion is not running smoothly. While most outside...
View ArticleHeritage Oil Making Major Play In Nigerian Oil Bonanza
Heritage Oil (HOIL) has launched a $370 million (£238 million) rights issue to part-fund the purchase of a sizeable slug of Nigerian oil production. At the end of June, trading in Heritage shares on...
View ArticleThe Arctic Ocean – Drilling on Top of the World
In its 2008 report, the US Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that around 90 billion barrels of undiscovered and technically recoverable (reachable via current industry practices and technologies) oil...
View ArticleChinese Auto Industry Discovering There’s A Reverse Gear
In recent historical terms, it’s harder to find a healthier Chinese enterprise than the Great Wall Motor Company (HKG:2333). Established in 1976 during China’s post-Cultural Revolution economic...
View ArticleRising Oil Seed Prices May Not Lead to Food Inflation
Global supplies of oil seeds like corn, rapeseed and soybeans have been under a serious crunch lately due to the hot and dry weather conditions in the Latin American agricultural belt, which includes...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Indications of Revived Demand Lift Wheat
iNVEZZ.com Tuesday, July 30th: Grain futures were broadly higher today, with wheat heading for the biggest gain in three weeks on signs demand from importers is improving after a recent fall in...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Soybeans Fall to 17-Month Low
iNVEZZ.com Wednesday, July 31st: Grain futures were mixed today, with soybean prices falling as investors focused on improving U.S. weather and crop prospects in the U.S. growing regions.Weather...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Wheat Is Going Up as Japan Lifts U.S. Wheat Ban
iNVEZZ.com Thursday August 1st: Wheat prices are on the rise again as Japan returns to the market. Corn prices are decreasing due to expectations for cooler U.S. weather which should boost production...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: French Wheat Suffering from Quality Issues
iNVEZZ.com Friday August 2nd: Japan’s wheat prices are most likely to increase by around 5 percent for the third time this year due to Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus. Rubber is also gaining as the...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Record Corn Crop Estimates Weigh
iNVEZZ.com Monday, August 5th: Corn prices are at their lowest level since 2010 after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it is expecting a record high crop this year. Soybean,...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Grain Futures Down on Improved U.S. Crop Prospects
iNVEZZ.com Tuesday, August 6th: Grain futures were lower today, with corn and soybean prices trading at multi-month lows as investors focused on improving U.S. weather and crop prospects.Corn Falls to...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Wheat Slides as Iraq and Egypt Shun U.S. Supplies
iNVEZZ.com Wednesday, August 7th: Improving U.S. weather and crop prospects continued to weigh on grain futures today, but prices retraced some of yesterday’s losses. The corn price for December...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Soybeans Gain on U.S. Frost Fears
iNVEZZ.com Friday, August 9th: Soybeans extended their biggest gain in three weeks amidst sustained export sales on concerns that crops in the U.S., the world’s largest grower of the oilseed, may be...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: Grains Mixed Ahead of USDA Data
iNVEZZ.com Monday, August 12th: Grain futures were mixed to lower today, as investors looked ahead to the closely-watched monthly supply and demand report due to be released by the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleSoft Commodities Price Watch: USDA Supply Data Lifts Grain Futures
iNVEZZ.com Tuesday, August 13th: Grain futures were broadly higher today after the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest monthly domestic supply report.The USDA has lowered its...
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