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Dry conditions as winter planting begins suggests trouble ahead in the grain belt which would put markets under heavy pressure

Robust industrial demand as the global manufacturing cycle gains momentum after the summer helps silver towards a two-and-half year high

Robust industrial demand as the global recovery continues help silver outperform gold

Robust industrial demand as the global recovery continues help silver outperform gold

The cost of barley, an important feed for the livestock industry, and of rice also moved higher on the week

Wheat prices have risen further in the wake of Russia’s decision to extend its grain export ban by 12 months, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08

Canada’s Goldcorp has launched a C$3.6bn (US$3.4bn) cash-and-stock takeover offer for Andean Resources, trumping a C$3.4bn bid made public only hours earlier by Eldorado Gold, another Canadian miner.

Resurgent hopes for a stronger economic rebound in China could take prices to $9,000 a tonne in the next year

Supply problems threaten higher clothing prices for consumers

Resurgent hopes for a stronger economic rebound in China could take prices to $9,000 a tonne in the next year

Global meat prices have hit a 20-year high as robust demand from emerging countries has coincided with a drop in production

The price of iron ore and coking coal will drop next quarter as lower steel production forces global mining companies to offer discounts on contracts

The price of iron ore and coking coal will drop next quarter by 12 % and 7 % respectively as lower steel production forces global miners to offer discounts on their contracts

The price of iron ore and coking coal will drop next quarter by 12 % and 7 % respectively as lower steel production forces global miners to offer discounts on their contracts

Paris has urged the European Commission to implement comprehensive regulation of raw materials markets