Demand may push cement prices beyond Rs 200
Cartelisation or no cartelisation, artificial or otherwise, the new year seems to be already proving good for the cement makers, as the demand-fuelled cement prices are all set to cross the Rs 200-per 50 kg bag mark by end-January.

Palmoil prices plunge to all-time low, crisis ahead
Palmolein prices have plunged to an all time low, which traders say is more than a 15-year low, in both the Malaysian and the domestic markets.

Despite rosy prediction & promises, rubber prices fail to rise from Rs 29 Per kg
The rubber trade, in the turn of the year, has been stumped by an ever-the-betrothed, never-the-bride predicament.


  Genetically modified foods are safe -- CII
  Value-added spices exports to rise
  Five-year freeze on field trials, release of GM crops urged
  Steel demand in India to remain stable in 2001
  Destroyed crops force people to flee Kalahandi
  Precious metals remain weak; oilseeds suffer fresh losses
  Cargo shortage forces freight rates to plunge
  Indian scientists divided over genetically-modified crops
  Handloom export quotas for 2001 announced
  Grain production sets all-time record at208 m metric tonne
  Chemical prices remain low due to cheap imports
  New year takes off with good demand for teas at Kolkata sale
  Maintenance of stocks cost Rs 1,200 cr -- CAG
  Kerala seafood exporters begin week-long strike
  Developing world should be preparedto get an unfair deal -- Prof Lesser
  Colombian ecological disaster due to warring guerrillas, drug trade