COMMODITIES

By Jon NadlerSilver lost another $1.48 or 8.5%, falling to $16.94 per ounce. Platinum dropped $39 to $1865.00 per ounce and palladium lost $18 to $438.00 as the entire complex was battered by the freefall in gold

Commodity Online SYDNEY: Oil prices fell by $1.50 to near the $100 a barrel mark on Monday, extending last week's deep losses as funds sought to lock in first quarter profits.

By Yogesh BirlaIn fact, petrol is cheaper than the Coca Cola you drink. It is not just petrol most liquids that you daily use are more expensive than vehicle fuels.

Commodity OnlineMUMBAI: After weeks of bull run, is the most glittering global commodity gold entering into a volatile phase?

Commodity prices falling almost as fast as they rose this year raise questions again on the wisdom of investing in such markets, but those in the game for long will say it's worth it, a market researcher said. Some are asking if commodity prices in general had gone up too high, too fast, leading to a bubble.

Commodity OnlineMUMBAI: As Crude Oil prices skyrocket, the world is these days increasingly talking about alternative energy methods. Can Biofuel products replace Crude Oil products.?

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: Global Steel Holdings Ltd (GSHL) has signed a deal for leasing iron ore and coal reserves in Brazil, Columbia and Mozambique

Commodity Online NEW DELHI: Global Steel Holdings Ltd (GSHL) has signed a deal for leasing iron ore and coal reserves in Brazil, Columbia and Mozambique

Commodity Online SINGAPORE: Gold prices declined but stayed above a 1 month low hit the previous day, while Tokyo's precious metals futures tumbled amid declines in commodities markets.

U.S. crude oil futures fell on Thursday as worries that an economic recession in the largest consumer of oil in the world may curb demand.

Since Wednesday, March 12, natural gas spot prices eased at virtually all markets in the Lower 48 States. Prices at the Henry Hub fell 58 cents per million Btu (MMBtu), or about 6 percent, to $9.11 per MMBtu.

Gold futures dropped sharply on Thursday, sliding further after their worst one-day drop in nearly two years, as a broad sell-off in commodities such as crude oil continued, spurred by dollar strength and further interest rate cuts.

By Jim Sinclair The reason for recent drop in gold, among other reasons given by media, was the Federal Reserve s mentioning of inflationary warnings.

Commodity Online LONDON: Against the run of play, gold suffered its worst defeat in recent times as it tumbled to nearly six percent low on Wednesday.

Commodity Online WASHINGTON: The state owned Power Grid Corporation of India would get USD 600 million loan from World Bank to strengthen its electricity transmission system.

Commodity OnlineDUBAI: The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) has announced the trading and processing schedule for Good Friday, 2008, as outlined below (all references to the time are expressed on a twenty four hour clock and refer to the time in New York):

By Adrian AshBarely a generation after the worst recession in US history, backing labor over capital like this and thereby nabbing labor's far weightier vote meant JFK got to kick Richard Nixon around at the ballot box

By Jon A NonesWith gold already up by more than 19% so far this year, consolidation is healthy and to be expected, said Mark O'Byrne, executive director of Gold Silver Investments Ltd

By Adrian AshCentral bankers destroy the value of cash first with sub inflation interest rates, and then with unlimited credit aimed at bailing out bad investments across the banking sector

Commodity Online NEW YORK: Oil moved further southwards Wednesday on concerns that ongoing global economic turmoil would dent demand for commodities.

By Binu AlexThere are more companies coming up in India with energy prefix and suffix. Non conventional energy is another field where you find companies putting money

Gold prices dropped $59, the most in nearly two years Wednesday, leading a decline in commodity prices on speculation the slump in the dollar will end soon as the Federal Reserve eases the pace of interest-rate reductions.

Crude oil had its biggest decline since December 1994 on Wednesday, falling more than $6 per barrel after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates yesterday and a report today stated demand in the United States dropped.

Commodity Online MUMBAI: After a rally in gold that led to the international prices zooming to $1030 an ounce, will gold price reverse direction based on Wednesday's price level of $940 ?

Commodity Online MUMBAI: After a rally in gold that led to the international prices zooming to $1030 an ounce, will gold price reverse direction based on Wednesday's price level of $940 ?

With crude oil prices over $100 per barrel and cold weather in many parts of the country driving up demand, heating fuel prices have been setting new record highs. With residential prices from the beginning of winter to mid-March

Robusta coffee continued rallying in London after an increase in purchases by industrial buyers such as roasters.

Commodity OnlineNEW DELHI: The World Bank on Wendesday approved a $600 million loan to India's government run power transmission company, Power Grid Corporation of India, to strengthen its electricity transmission system.

By Binu Alex Use of nuclear fuel to generate extra 50,000 MW of electricity, is the available option in near term