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Commodities Slump Grows

The downturn in commodities since the middle of July has been pretty vicious and this week it seemed to be made more tense by the way the market fell across the board as Hurricane Gustav squibbed it and didn’t prove … Continue reading

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Commodity-Shipping Costs Slump as Chinese Hot-Rolled Steel Prices Decline

Commodity-Shipping Costs Slump as Chinese Hot-Rolled Steel Prices Decline The Baltic Dry Index , a measure of commodity shipping costs, fell for the longest period in almost nine years as declining Chinese steel prices erode the nation’s iron ore demand. … Continue reading

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