Some international investors feel that the Indian rupee may appreciate against dollar in the coming months helped by the fall in domestic inflation and possible improvement in the current account deficit. Investment analysts expect current account deficit to improve on the back of benign commodity prices in the in
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AP govt to buy solar power at Rs 6.49 per unit
The Andhra Pradesh government on April 23 fixed the benchmark price for purchase of solar power at Rs 6.49 per unit. The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Power fixed the benchmark price at its meeting. The State government has invited bids from interested parties for generating solar power in view of the unprecedented electricity crisis.
After Cabinet meeting the State Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy said that the State hopes to finalise the bids within a month now that the price has been fix
Steel firms prefer scrap over local sponge iron
Indian steel companies are said to be preferring to import cheap steel scrap from African and West Asian countries, whose prices are falling, instead of buying domestic sponge iron. In 2012-13, the country's import of steel scrap is estimated to have risen 25 per cent to 7.5 million tonne from the previous year, Metal Recycling Association of India said. Scrap prices declined 8 per cent to $390 a tonn
Under-recoveries of PSU OMCs may decline
Under-recoveries of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) may decline owing to the fall in the price of crude oil in the international market, ratings agency Crisil said. Under-recovery refers to the difference between the purchase price of crude oil and the retail price at which
Crude oil price falls on weak economic growth prospects
Amid signs of deterioration in the global macroeconomy, investors are reducing their long position in crude oil and this caused the Brent crude oil futures to decline below $100 a barrel. This is for the first time in nine months that the Brent crude oil futures slipped below $100
Iron ore price expected to be weak
Some industry watchers expect the price of iron ore in the global market to remain weak in the coming months after rising during Jan-Mar 2013. Iron ore price is expected to be weak because of a combination of anticipated lower steel output and continuous supply growth from the major iron ore miners
Majority of developing countries subsidise fuel products
A study by World Bank shows that about two-thirds of the developing countries (considered in the study) have kept domestic prices of one or more petroleum products below market-clearing levels in the past three years. It adds that with the additional burden sharing by the oil and gas companies included, fuel subsidies amount to about 2
Rise in freight rates too less to improve margins
According to industry sources, the recent rise in the freight rates was too less to improve the margins of shipping companies and the rates may not improve significantly in the rest of 2013. The Baltic Dry Index, which measures cost of shipping bulk commodities, has risen from an average of 745
Fall in global oil supply reduces inventory
According to a recent monthly report of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the fall in the crude oil supply at the global market has reduced inventories in some areas. Global supply of crude oil declined 120 kbpd in March 2013 because of a fall in OPEC output on the back of disruptions in Nigeria, Lib
Oil marketers to buy ethanol from sugar mills
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) plan to procure ethanol from sugar mills in order to blend it with petrol and in this regard they invited bids for 105 crore litre of ethanol from domestic and global suppliers in the sugar year ending October 2013. Of the 55 crore litre offered by Indian sugar mills, 11 crore litre is finalized as this volume was offered at the lowest