Commodities
Government constitutes committees to advise FMC
14 Apr 2012
MCX IPO subscribed over 90 per cent on Day 1
22 Feb 2012
Oil, stocks on the boil again on Iran and Greece
20 Feb 2012
Brent prices hit a 7-mth high above $121 a barrel after Iran cut oil supplies to France and Britain, while China eased domestic liquidity curbs, boosting demand hopes
Investors voice opposition to Glencore-Xstrata merger
08 Feb 2012
Two of Xstrata’s biggest shareholders have publicly voiced their concerns and said that they would vote against the "lop-sided" deal
Xstrata and Glencore agree on $90-billion all-share merger
07 Feb 2012
Diversified Swiss miner Xstrata and commodities giant Glencore today agreed on a $90-billion merger, the largest takeover in the industry that would create a mining and trading powerhouse with sales of $209 billion
India hikes base import prices of gold, silver
01 Feb 2012
India hikes base import prices of gold, silver
01 Feb 2012
Gold likely to scale new heights in 2012: survey
07 Jan 2012
Reliance Spot Exchange launches E Gold Souk
29 Sep 2011
Indian 'gold rush' abates despite dip in prices
23 Sep 2011
Crisil launches gold index to serve as benchmark
30 Aug 2011
RBI may regulate jewellers' gold saving schemes
19 Aug 2011
Crude prices heading for another dip this week
19 Aug 2011
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