Commodities Lowest offer at Egypt's wheat tender at $217.95 a tonne for Russian wheat DUBAI/HAMBURG: The lowest offer for wheat presented at Egypt's state grain buyer's GASC international purchase tender on Published 24 Jul, 2018 12:45pm
Commodities Saudi Arabia issues tender to buy 595,000 tonnes of wheat HAMBURG: Saudi Arabia's main state wheat buying agency, the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO), said on Thursday it ha Published 12 Jul, 2018 01:50pm
Commodities Saudi Arabia to buy up to 700,000 tonnes of wheat per year from local farmers RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer, the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO), said on Sunday that it had approved Published 08 Jul, 2018 02:14pm
Commodities Egypt's cotton exports up nearly 37pc as crop quality improves CAIRO: Egyptian cotton production is on course to rebound with help from a devalued currency and bigger cultivation area Published 04 Jul, 2018 06:40pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for Aug 11-20 shipment DUBAI: Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) set a tender on Monday to buy an unspecified amount of wh Published 25 Jun, 2018 07:04pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC says buys 240,000 tonnes of Romanian wheat DUBAI: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Tuesday it bought 240,000 Published 19 Jun, 2018 02:58pm
Commodities Ghana and Ivory Coast to agree cocoa export volumes for 2019/20 ABIDJAN: Ghana and Ivory Coast will jointly decide on the volume and timing of cocoa exports by August for the 2019/20 s Published 13 Jun, 2018 04:48pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Iran tenders again to buy 60,000 tonnes sugar HAMBURG: Iranian state purchasing agency the Government Trading Corporation of Iran (GTC) has issued another internation Published 13 Jun, 2018 12:57pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC says it buys 420,000 tonnes Romanian, Russian wheat DUBAI: Egypt's state grain buyer GASC said on Tuesday it had bought 420,000 tonnes of Russian and Romanian wheat in a te Published 12 Jun, 2018 03:33pm
Commodities I.Coast to destroy cocoa trees in fight against virus ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, announced Monday it would rip up 100,000 hectares (250,000 acr Published 11 Jun, 2018 01:51pm
Commodities Australian wheat offered at lowest price in Iraq tender DUBAI: Australian wheat was offered at the lowest price of $313.75 a tonne in Iraq's international purchasing tender, tr Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:54pm
Commodities Ivorian cocoa arrivals fall 2.2pc to 1.713mn T by June 3 ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.713 million tonnes between Oct. 1 and June 3, expor Published 04 Jun, 2018 01:28pm
Commodities Ghana gold output up 10.2pc to 2.805mn oz in 2017 ACCRA: Ghana's gold output rose to 2.805 million ounces in 2017, up 10.2 percent from the previous year, data from the G Published 01 Jun, 2018 04:27pm
Commodities Algeria cereal imports bill up 16pc in Jan-April ALGIERS: Algeria's imports of cereal, semolina and flour rose 16 percent by value in the first four months of 2018, offi Published 28 May, 2018 04:07pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Syria expects to buy less than 1mn T local wheat in 2018 DUBAI: Syria is expected to buy less than one million tonnes of local wheat from farmers in the 2018 season because of p Published 27 May, 2018 03:56pm
Commodities Egypt's GASC receives offers for soyoil, sunflower oil CAIRO/DUBAI: The lowest offer for soyoil at Egypt's international purchasing tender was at $752.95 a tonne for 30,000 to Published 24 May, 2018 11:32am
Commodities Mali's 2017 artisanal gold exports down by more than half BAMAKO: Declared exports of informally mined gold in Mali fell by more than half in 2017 to 7.89 tonnes, mostly due to t Published 22 May, 2018 03:12pm
Commodities Egypt procures 3mn T of local wheat since start of harvest CAIRO: Egypt has procured about 3 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers since the harvest began 37 days ago, at a c Published 22 May, 2018 01:37pm
Commodities Ivory Coast cocoa farmers confident on improving rainfall ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are confident forecast rains will bolster the ongoing mid-crop harvest, despite below Published 22 May, 2018 01:15pm
Commodities Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals seen at 1.635mn T by May 20 ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.635 million tonnes between Oct. 1 and May 20, expor Published 21 May, 2018 02:49pm
Commodities Ghana cocoa purchases topped 700,000 T by early May ACCRA: Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's Cocobod topped 700,000 tonnes by early May, up from 650,000 tonnes a month ea Published 17 May, 2018 02:39pm
Commodities Egypt's sugar reserves at 750,000 tonnes, vegetable oil sufficient for 3-4 months - minister CAIRO: Egypt's strategic reserves of sugar are at 750,000 tonnes while stocks of vegetable oil are enough to supply the Published 07 May, 2018 02:42pm
Middle East Africa Commodities Egypt wheat reserves sufficient for 4.4 months not including local harvest CAIRO:Egypt has wheat reserves sufficient for 4.4 months, not including about 2 million tonnes of wheat so far collected Published 07 May, 2018 01:42pm
Commodities South Africa gold producers, gold miners reach silicosis settlement JOHANNESBURG: South African gold producers reached a class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing tho Published 03 May, 2018 02:13pm
Commodities Egypt's local wheat buying surges in first two weeks of harvest CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has so far bought 1.4 million tonnes of the grain from farmers in its Published 30 Apr, 2018 01:07pm
Commodities Iraq seeks 30,000 tonnes of rice in tender BAGHDAD: Iraq's grain board said on Tuesday it was seeking 30,000 tonnes of rice in an international purchasing tender. Published 24 Apr, 2018 03:06pm
Commodities Morocco's cereal harvest seen at 9.82 million tonnes MEKNES: Morocco's cereal harvest is expected to reach 9.82 million tonnes in 2018 in line with last year's harvest despi Published 23 Apr, 2018 02:01pm
Commodities Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals seen at 1.513mn T by April 22 ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached about 1.513 million tonnes between Oct. 1 and April 2 Published 23 Apr, 2018 01:30pm
Commodities Egypt's rice farmers see rough times downstream of new Nile mega-dam KAFR ZIADA: Rice farmers in Kafr Ziada village in the Nile River Delta have ignored planting restrictions aimed at conse Published 23 Apr, 2018 01:15pm
Middle East Africa Commodities South Africa's 2018 maize output seen up 3pc on previous estimate JOHANNESBURG: South Africa is expected to harvest three percent more maize in 2018 than previously estimated after late Published 20 Apr, 2018 12:41pm