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Gold settles above $900 an ounce, dollar drops

Gold futures closed higher on Wednesday after dropping gains in two earlier sessions as the dollar dropped after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy may shrink over the first half of this year, which would signal the start of a recession.

This Week In Petroleum - Apr 2

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Winter Fuels Wrap-Up Despite what may have appeared as a harsh winter in some regions, actual temperatures across the Nation remained close to normal over most of the 2007-08 winter heating se...
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Now move over to tidal energy

Commodity Online LONDON : As the world debates on the alternative sources of energy, here is yet another mode tidal energy.The world s first commercial scale 1.2MW tidal energy turbine S...
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Food fuel prices a threat than US turmoil: WB

Commodity Online WASHINGTON: World Bank on Tuesday said, soaring food and fuel prices are the biggest challenge for poor nations (especially in East Asia) than US financial turmoil, which i...
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SPECIAL: River water + sea water = Energy

Commodity Online Can you make enough energy to run a household by mixing salt water and river water? If you thought that is a bad idea, think again. Scientists in Norway and The Netherlands...
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Who holds major Gold reserves in the world

Commodity Online MUMBAI: Do you know who holds major part of gold reserves in the world? And who decides whether to take up the gold price or not.The Gold prices have been floating on curr...
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Biofuel demand to reach 92 mn mt in 2011

Commodity Online CLEVELAND: World demand for biofuels will expand at a nearly 20 percent annual pace to 92million metric tons in 2011, according to a study by Cleveland based industry resea...
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Tapping solar energy

Commodity Online India is a sunny country with a solar energy potential of 20 mw every square km. At present, only a tiny fraction of it is being tapped. Solar energy can be used directly in...
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Oil follows gold down below $101 a barrel

Commodity Online NEW YORK : World oil prices continued their southward journey for the third consecutive day Tuesday as US stocks and dollar gained more strength overnight.The fell was de...
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Will the financial system be recreated

By Paul Tustain Now that he's wearing some sort of do good government hat, even Hank Paulson is not thinking straight.Regulate in New York, and finance will only go to Toronto. Regulate i...
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Gold nosedives to record low at $872.90

Commodity Online NEW YORK: Gold and other precious metals tumbled to a two month low Tuesday as the US dollar and stocks gained heavily overnight.Gold hit a low of $US872.90 and was quote...
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Wheat Post Declines as Dollar Gains

Wheat declined on Tuesday amid concerns that an increase of the dollar will drive farmers to plant more grain in an effort to benefit from high wheat prices.
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Global Futures Watch: Energy Metal prices fall

June gold fell $33.70 to $887.80, unwinding the bull market that took prices as high as $1,038 just over two weeks ago.Grains and Cotton July soybeans started the day lower in the ...
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Gold futures tumble below $900 an ounce in NY

Gold futures plunged below $900 an ounce in New York on Tuesday for the first time in six weeks as the dollar continued to strengthen after taking a beating while investors moved to equities on signs banks are rebounding from U.S. subprime- mortgage losses.
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India to set up Biofuel Development Fund

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: Finally, the Indian government is taking some concrete steps to promote biofuel in the country. The government on Tuesday announced the setting up of a National B...
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India opposes use of foodgrains for biofuels

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday expressed concern at the increasing use of foodgrains for production of bio fuels.Stating India s position at the Third International Grain Su...
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India's exports up by 35% oil imports go up

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: The Indian government may be fighting rising inflation these days but the country's exports during February, 2008 have been impressive, according to a data relea...
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Gold nosedives to Rs 11 830 in India

Commodity Online MUMBAI: Gold prices nosedived to a six week low level on Tuesday at the bullion market and ended at Rs 11,830 per 10 grams.The precious yellow metal dropped by Rs 460 to ...
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Gold nosedives to Rs 1 830 in India

Commodity Online MUMBAI: Gold prices nosedived to a six week low level on Tuesday at the bullion market and ended at Rs 11,830 per 10 grams.
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Iraq to resume oil output by Tuesday

Commodity Online BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials on Tuesday said oil output operations would be back to normal by today, after the bomb attack cut production and exports by about 100,000 barrels per day.
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NTPC to generate 209000 MUs of Electricity

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: India s largest power utility, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) has envisaged to generate 209000 MUs of Electricity in the financial year 2008 09.
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Gold silver fall by Rs 275 in India

Commodity Online MUMBAI: Following its fall globally the precious yellow metal resumed sharply lower by Rs 275 per ten grams here at the bullion market on Tuesday.
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Gold silver resume by Rs 275 in India

Commodity Online MUMBAI: Following its fall globally the precious yellow metal resumed sharply lower by Rs 275 per ten grams here at the bullion market on Tuesday.
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GAIL inks deal to market PMT gas

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: The state run GAIL has signed a deal with the consortium of the Panna Mukta and Tapti gas fields (PMT) for marketing the natural gas produced from the PMT field.
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Oil prices fall again on profit booking

Commodity Online NEW YORK: World oil prices fell sharply on Monday as traders hunted down profits with which to close their books and on signs that a US report would show inventories rose again since the last three months.
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Crude Gold futures fall: Commodities boom over?

Commodity OnlineNEW YORK: Several commodity prices tracked together today. June gold fell $15.00 to $921.50, along with the sell off in soybean and wheat prices. May crude oil closed down $4.04 at $101.58.

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