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  COMMODITY WATCH
Saturday, August 25, 2001 
Exports to cut rubber stocks by 50,000 tn
  A continued slump in both prices and the market, a steady production leading to excessive holdover stock and the threat of cheap imports have landed the rubber sector in a miserable situation. Under the WTO regime where quantitative restrictions (QRs) have been lifted from April 1, the industry is trapped in a tricky situation.
Platinum Guild ties up with top jewellers to market branded jewellery in India
  BARELY one year of its presence in India and studying the huge Rs 40,000 cr Indian jewellery market for over two years, The Platinum Guild India, the Indian arm of Platinum Guild International, is now all set to make inroads in the estimated Rs 500-crore branded jewellery market here.

US firms oppose supporting weaker allies

  IN a letter to the US Administration, the US mini mills have recommended changes in the country’s bankruptcy laws. They feel that the current laws favour inefficient units. Then they have opposed the federal loan guarantee scheme that has so far helped the integrated mills.
Bullion shines; oilseeds slip
  Both the precious metals continued its uptrend on the bullion market here during last week, dealers said on Friday.
Gold standard moved up from Rs 4,480 to Rs 4,500 per 10 gm. Prices of gold biscuit (116.50 gm.) rose by Rs 50 at Rs 52,600 per piece during the week.

   OTHER STORIES
JICA extends aid to popularise bivoltine silk production
‘Adopt cost-effective tech to face global challenges’
Freight rates remain stable across states
Extension of patents to nursery business sought
PMFAI to take on competition with modernisation
Vanaspati output hit even as cheap imports flood market
Marginal rise in tea production, prices
Prices firm at Kolkata tea sale
DBI ushers in quotas to cut global diamond glut
BIS norms for transport of lab animals
Farmers shift from foodgrains to new areas
Textile sector body to take off in two months
 
 

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