Ukrainian farmers have harvested 16.57 million tons of the 2023 grain harvest, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. The ministry said the harvest so far included 3,755,000 tons of barley, 12,513,000 tons of wheat and 306,400 tons of peas. The largest quantity of grain has been harvested in the...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ukraine-has-harvested-16-6-mln-tons-of-2023-grain-crop-so-far/
Copper prices retreated on Friday, weighed down by a firmer dollar ahead of U.S. jobs data and persistent worries about weak demand in top metals consumer China. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 was down 1% at $8,525 per metric ton by 1015 GMT after rising 1.2% on Thursday. The...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/copper-slips-on-firm-dollar-ahead-of-u-s-data-china-worries/
Ukrainian grain traders union UGA has increased its 2023 combined grain and oilseed crop forecast for Ukraine by almost eight million metric tons to 76.8 million tons, the union said on Thursday. The harvest is likely to include 26.9 million tons of corn, 20.2 million tons of wheat, 5.2 million...
Chile’s total copper production rose 0.02% in June to reach 454,800 metric tons, the country’s copper commission Cochilco said on Wednesday, though output fell at some key mines. Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 7.39% on a year-on-year basis to 120,300 tons, while Collahuasi’s...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chiles-copper-production-stable-in-june-dips-at-two-key-mines/
India’s rice stocks were at nearly three times its target at the start of August, two government sources in the world’s second biggest producer country said on Thursday. Coupled with the new season crop that is due to start trickling into the market by October, the surplus will raise market hopes...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/india-rice-stocks-at-three-times-target-easing-supply-concerns/
North China’s coal-rich province of Shanxi saw its output of coal-bed methane reach a record high of 5.24 billion cubic meters in the first half of the year. In June, 880 million cubic meters of coal-bed methane were exploited, accounting for around 81.5 percent of the national total during the...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-shanxi-sees-record-coal-bed-methane-output-in-h1/
Chicago wheat jumped more than 2% on Friday with attacks near a key Russian grain port in the Black Sea region triggering fresh concerns over global grain supplies, although the market is set for a weekly decline. Corn and soybeans rose with forecasts for cool and wet weather conditions in the U.S....
The EU has warned developing countries and the Group of 20 (G20) members that Russia is offering cheap grain “to create new dependencies,” Reuters reported on Aug. 3, citing a letter it has obtained. “As the world deals with disrupted supplies and higher prices, Russia is now approaching vulnerable...
Global copper smelting activity bounced slightly in July, despite a sharp fall in top refined producer China, data from satellite surveillance of metal processing plants showed on Thursday. “The weakness here (in China) was driven by subdued activity in the east and south central regions,”...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/global-copper-smelting-ticked-higher-in-july-but-china-slid/
July 2023 was the hottest month in living history, and maybe in the past 120,000 years. This same month also saw scientists sound the alarm over the unprecedented retreat of Antarctic ice, and the potential collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s climate-moderating currents. This was the backdrop under...
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