The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 13, 2007

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
New tech for cellulose nanofibre from banana plant waste
A new technology for manufacture of cellulose nanofibre from the waste of banana and plantain plants has been developed by Prof. Varkey Mathew, Head of the Department of of Chemistry, Baselius College, Kottayam, and his team of researchers. ... More

RICE
Rice exports booming at Kakinada old port
More than a million tonnes of rice have been exported from the port to different countries this financial year, and the number is expected to go up in the next few months. More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Floods threaten to return to Bihar, UP
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 Flood-ravaged Bihar and other parts of east and north-east India find themselves faced with the prospect of another round of unremitting downpour with Saturday’s ‘low’ in the northwest Bay of Bengal ... More

TEA
‘Successful revival of tea gardens needs support of all players’
Kochi, Aug. 12 Even as the Union Government has threatened to take over closed tea gardens invoking Section 16 E of the Tea Act 1953, the tea plantation industry is of the view that successful revival of the gardens in Kerala, which have been ... More

Good demand for CTCs in Kolkata sale
Last week there was a good demand for CTC teas in North Indian auction centres at Kolkata, Siliguri and Guwahati, according to the tea auctioneers, J. Thomas & Company Pvt Ltd. Good quality CTC brokens sold around last levels, with prices ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Downward tweak likely in gold
Gold futures ended higher on Friday as investors in stocks and other markets began returning to gold looking for a haven as the dollar fell and the Federal Reserve moved to inject cash into the liquidity strapped credit markets, sending the ... More

Short-term bearishness in cotton
NY cotton futures ended Friday at a seven-week low, due to speculative fund selling sparked by the credit crisis and worries over demand as envisaged in the USDA Demand/supply report. The monthly supply/demand report of the US Agriculture ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Global oilseeds output for 2007-08 seen lower
World vegetable oil production forecast higher More

Mentha oil futures turn bullish
Arrivals in major mandis have slowed down More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Downtrend continues in pepper
Kochi, Aug. 12 The downward trend continued in the pepper futures last week with the prices falling by Rs 230-406 a quintal on NCDEX and by Rs 53 to Rs 450 a quintal on NMCE at the weekend close. This happened at a time when the other origins ... More

Chilli prices may strengthen
Chennai, Aug 12 Chilli prices may strengthen in the short-term but weaken in the long term. Stockiest are anticipating good demands from the overseas as well as domestic market in the coming weeks on the occasion of festivals ahead, thereby ... More

OUTLOOK
Cotton output likely to touch 300-325 lakh bales
Contribution of Bt cotton may increase to 55% More

Metals outlook positive despite US housing woes
Trade in gold may continue to be choppy More

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New tech for cellulose nanofibre from banana plant waste

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Global oilseeds output for 2007-08 seen lower

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Looking back
Aug. 5-Aug. 11
Govt threatens to take over closed tea factories

Rupee may keep gold prices under check

Labelling norms on nutritional values put off

Low demand may soften crude palm oil price

NMCE launching new series futures contracts

STC keen on supporting back-end farm operations