| Sugar makes fragile gains after sharp falls The sugar market remained under pressure but after further sharp falls early in the session, prices managed a fightback  Opec confident of $80 a barrel for rest of 2010 Crude oil rose while gold was firmer, bolstered by renewed dollar weakness ahead of the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve Oil traders look to James Bond-style data collection Infrared photographs taken from helicopter surveillance of the Cushing oil hub are the latest weapon in the attempt to stay on top in the commodities game Oil prices slip ahead of Opec meeting Crude oil prices fell ahead of this week's Opec meeting while base metals staged a broad retreat amid concerns that China might tighten monetary policy to prevent its economy from overheating Sovereign CDS top ISDA agenda The debate over sovereign credit derivatives is heating up as the industry body overseeing the market begins a defence of them ahead of an EU ministers meeting Pulp paper prices soar on supply disruptions Global pulp prices are heading towards record highs, threatening higher paper and packaging costs Copper market looking tarnished Demand for copper appears to be rising, at least cancelled warrants would suggest so, or would they? John Dizard hears a snort of disbelief among the market knowledgeable Oil falls after energy watchdog lifts forecasts Crude oil prices fell after disappointing US consumer confidence data while sugar prices managed a partial rebound after their pounding this week Publicity-shy Trafigura pushes for bond issue The capital market issue would mark a significant departure for one of the world's largest and most profitable commodities traders, which has traditionally relied on bank credit lines Natural gas retreats on US stockpile data Nymex April Henry Hub fell 2.7 per cent following the latest US inventories data that showed a fall of 111bn cubic feet in stocks Vale turns up heat on iron ore prices The miner, has asked some of the world's top steel producers to pay 80-100 per cent more for their ore supplies in 2010-11 Push for clearing houses fails to move oil traders Appetite for risk points to oil traders' renewed faith in the strength of their trading counterparties BP strikes $7bn Brazil oil deal The energy group is set to make its first move into the deep waters off the South American country with a $7bn deal to buy oil and gas assets put up for sale by Devon Energy of the US Queensland picks banks for A$7bn rail IPO The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail's coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia's biggest listing this year Indian harvest hopes sink sugar prices Sugar prices tumbled on Wednesday but crude oil prices breached the $83-a-barrel mark following the latest US weekly inventories data News Wizard |