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Odisha's kalinganagar plant enriches Tata Steel's flat products profile
Rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) of the affected families at Kalinganagar continues to test the group's patience
Iron ore to fall on weak fundamentals
The average ore price for 2015 was around $50 a tonne, a major climb down from $192 a tonne on February 16, 2011
 "Iron ore to fall on weak fundamentals")
Drip irrigation for sugar cane farming
Govt and Jain Irrigation are on the same page that large-scale application of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems will lead to conservation of water, energy and fertilisers
Revenue-sharing formula can redeem sugar sector
No wonder, industry cane dues at one point in the current season rose to Rs 22,000 crore, compelling the government to give an interest-free loan of Rs 6,000 crore to factories in June 2015
 "Revenue-sharing formula can redeem sugar sector")
Pulses, not sugar, are hurting the common man
Ask any common man and he'll say he is angry about pulses prices showing no signs of remission but not about sugar prices touching Rs 40 a kg. Some varieties of pulses now cost close to Rs 200 a kg, leaving a big hole in the common man's household budget. One wonders if New Delhi's showing concern about sugar becoming expensive is an attempt to deflect attention from the runaway rises in prices of pulses, which families must have with two principal meals. Both sugar and pulses are highly globally-traded commodities and their world prices will at all times have a bearing on local markets. At the same time, India being the world's largest user of both, the size of domestic production will impact prices in a major way.Let's consider pulses first. According to the second official advance estimate of production of major crops during 2015-16 released in mid-February, pulses output is put at 17 million tonnes (mt). For the second year in a row, pulses production, a victim of extreme dry weath
Commodities react like a canary in a coal mine
No doubt commodities will be the first in the line of price collapse if recession hits the world
Is ethanol making environment-friendly?
Chemicals offer the highest value addition to molasses and states earn substantial revenue when liquor is made from the cane by-product
 "Is ethanol making environment-friendly?")
Steel woes not to go away too soon
The toxic cocktail of sluggish demand and chronic overcapacity is taking a toll on steelmakers across the globe
 "Steel woes not to go away too soon")
Sugar prices get boost from rising global deficit
Sugar futures hit a seven-year low at 11.2 cents a pound in August, plunging the sector worldwide into a crisis
 "Sugar prices get boost from rising global deficit")
