The hoarse cry of tea sellers at railway stations and roadside peddler of oily noodles have always been ubiquitous to India, but their trade are likely in for tougher times in the wake of pandemic. That as a global research study by Tetra Pak and Ipsos shows that food safety has emerged as a far […]
The India Gold Policy Center, a think tank at the Indian Institute of Ahmedabad sponsored by the World Gold Council, is likely to release the findings of its first pan-India household gold consumption survey in January. Professor Arvind Sahay, chairperson of the center, told indoasiancommodities.com that the survey, which would become a bi-annual affair from […]
The World Gold Council’s latest India Retail Investor Insights report revealed that 29% of retail investors have never bought gold in the past but are open to the idea of buying gold in the future. 52% of investors already owned some form of gold, with 48% having invested in the 12 months preceding the survey. […]
After months of despair, India’s manufacturing sector activity inched up in November 2019, but the upturn remained subdued as growth rates for new orders as well as production were modest, a monthly survey said. The IHS Markit India Manufacturing PMI rose to 51.2 in November from 50.6 in October, when it had fallen to a […]
Brent Crude is expected to average $75.50 a barrel next year, according to an S&P Global Platts survey of 11 top banks and oil brokers, who see OPEC cutting oil production by at least 1 million bpd and oil demand growth still healthy despite signs of weakness. The participants in the Platts survey, however, cut their forecasts for […]
Production and exports of palm oil from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of the vegetable oil, rose in July from a month earlier, said a Reuters survey of two industry groups and a state palm oil research firm. Palm oil production is expected to have reached 3.897 million tonnes in July from 3.45 million tonnes […]
Finland is the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for mining investment, followed the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and the U.S. state of Nevada, but India is missing from the list altogether, according to the Annual Survey of Mining Companies by the independent Canadian think-tank Fraser Institute. “Rich mineral reserves, competitive taxes, efficient permitting procedures […]
