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Power & Energy Commodity News > The Greening of Brownfields

Houston, 12 March 2010

Getting power generation projects permitted is a headache. That includes wind and solar. But a clever idea is now making headway -- to place such green facilities on land that is now contaminated.

Agriculture & Softs Commodity News > India to need sugar imports mid-year but sits cosy now

New York, 12 March 2010

India will have to resume sugar imports by mid-year to build buffer stocks for its festival season, despite having cancelled deals this week that hammered New York prices down 7% to seven-month lows.

Power & Energy Commodity News > Oil falls after energy watchdog lifts forecasts

Source: Financial Times, 12th March 2010

Crude oil prices fell on Friday after disappointing US consumer confidence data while sugar prices managed a partial rebound after their pounding earlier this week.

Power & Energy Commodity News > Platts introduces World’s first daily metallurgical coal price assessments

London, 12 March 2010

Platts, the leading global energy and metals information provider, today announced it will launch the world’s first daily metallurgical coal assessments on March 15, 2010. The new daily assessments address miners’ and steel mills’ needs for an independent daily spot assessment in the burgeoning Asian market to better determine pricing for short- and long-term contracts.

Commodity News > New research: European Exchange-Traded Commodity Products

London, 12 March 2010

Following the news this week that both UBS and Deutsche Bank (DB) have launched ETC platforms, DB today launches new research on the European Exchange Trade Commodities Market: The Race for Assets in the European Commodity Exchange Traded Products Space.

Power & Energy Commodity News > UKWEC launched following Energy Institute/BEA merger

London, 12 March 2010

The Energy Institute (EI) has formally merged with the British Energy Association (BEA) to form UKWEC – the UK Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC). UKWEC will operate within the EI as a special network – membership of which provides companies and individuals with access to high profile seminars, as well as opportunities to contribute to WEC research activities and network with energy professionals across WEC’s global community of around 100 countries.

Metals & Mining Commodity News > Movie "Avatar" has few fans among mining execs

London, March 2010

In a case of art imitating life -- with perhaps a little poetic license -- Oscar-winning movie "Avatar" paints big mining companies as the villains of the future.

Technology & Commodity News > BM&FBOVESPA authorizes SunGard as DMA provider

London, 11 March 2010

The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – BM&FBOVESPA has authorized SunGard to act as a provider of direct market access (DMA) for the BM&F segment (derivatives markets). SunGard will offer brokerage houses and its clients an order routing system for the direct trading of financial and agricultural derivatives traded at the Exchange.

Power & Energy Commodity News > Oil rises after energy watchdog lifts forecasts

Source: Financial Times, 12th March 2010

Crude oil prices rose on Friday amid expectations for an improvement in demand growth this year while sugar prices managed a partial rebound after their pounding earlier this week.

Commodity News > Publicity-shy Trafigura pushes for bond issue

Source: Financial Times, 11th March 2010

Trafigura, one of the world's largest and most profitable commodities traders, plans to approach investors next week over its first bond issue, in a move to diversify its funding.