Moderate rise in nickel, copper and aluminium prices[12-21-2007]
Prices of nickel, copper and aluminium moved up moderately in the non-ferrous metal market here today due to good demand from industrial users.
Nickel moved up by Rs 10 per kilo to Rs 1,510 from Rs 1,500 previously while copper wire bar rose by Rs 5 per kilo to Rs 398 a......
Nickel consumption to rise 10%[12-21-2007]
NEW DELHI: India's nickel imports are set to rise 10 per cent this year, helped by a sharp fall in world prices and rising consumption of stainless steel in the fast growing economy, a top industry official said on Tuesday. Two-thirds of nickel output is used to make stainless st......
Carter Holt timber scrap[12-21-2007]
Fletcher Building is expected to battle Australian building materials group Boral and North American forestry giant Weyerhaeuser in the auction for Carter Holt's timber products division, an Australian media report says.
The timber products business, which has 18 sawmill and ......
Labor would scrap Aust wheat export monopoly[12-21-2007]
Labor plans to abolish Australia's wheat export monopoly if it wins the Federal Election.
A Labor Government would create a new body called Wheat Exports Australia which would run a single desk system and have the power to accredit several different exporters.
Under the cur......
Ex-leader urges SKorea to scrap death penalty[12-21-2007]
SEOUL (AFP) ¡ª Former president Kim Dae-Jung, the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner who was once held on South Korea's death row, on Wednesday urged his country to abolish capital punishment.
No one has been executed for a decade in South Korea, but the death penalty remains on t......
