JSW Steel Ltd., India’s biggest steelmaker by capacity, won rights to develop a coal mine in Mozambique’s Tete province, securing access to a key raw material used in steel manufacturing.
The JSW Steel Ltd. logo. Photographer: Adeel Halim
India has asked China to allow the sale of some urea cargoes as the war in the Middle East curtails the nation’s gas supplies, threatening fertilizer production in the agricultural powerhouse.
Some urea producers in India and Bangladesh have shut down plants or moved up annual maintenance after Qatari supplies of liquefied natural gas, a key feedstock, were suspended due to the Iran war.
Crop prices pared earlier losses as the US unleashed its most intense day of attacks on Iran, even after President Donald Trump suggested the war in the Middle East will end soon.
Hundreds of farmers and industrial workers gathered in India’s capital on Monday, asking the government to stop what they called concessions to the US in trade talks and to pass a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices.
Farmers at a protest in New Delhi on March 9. Photographer: Pratik Parija/Bloomberg
Hundreds of farmers and industrial workers gathered in India’s capital on Monday, asking the government to stop what they called concessions to the US in trade talks and to pass a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices.
Farmers at a protest in New Delhi on March 9. Photographer: Pratik Parija/Bloomberg
Fertilizer manufacturers in India are beginning to cut output after Qatari supplies of liquefied natural gas, a key feedstock, were suspended due to hostilities in the Middle East.
Labourers load sacks of fertiliser onto a truck at a railway station in Amritsar
India is forecast to see above-normal temperatures in the coming months, potentially boosting power demand and posing a severe health risk to residents.
NEW DELHI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 5: New Delhi's iconic Signature Bridge over the river Yamuna is barely seen as the air pollution over New Delhi is very bad and it affects visibility and causes severe health issues for the 20 million residents, the main arterial road of Delhi and Signature Bridge over the River Yamuna are barely seen on February 5, 2026 in New Delhi, India. New Delhi is rated as one of the most air polluted cities of the world. (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Getty Images)
A panel of Indian ministers is set to examine a key genetically modified food crop with a view to agreeing government policy — a potential step toward opening one of the world’s largest agricultural markets to engineered varieties.
Cocoa rose in New York, cutting another large weekly slump driven by too much supply as traders held off purchases and beans piled up in West African warehouses.
A farmer attends to cocoa beans drying on a rack at a farm in Kwabeng, Ghana.
India permitted limited exports of wheat, easing restrictions imposed more than three years ago, to support farmers as bumper harvests improved domestic supplies and pushed prices lower.
Workers unload wheat grains from a truck at a wholesale market in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, April 29, 2024. Wheat prices fell the most in more than a month, snapping a seven-day winning streak, as the outlook for much-needed rain helped alleviate crop concerns. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
Thousands of Indian farmers gathered across the country from Punjab to Tamil Nadu to demonstrate against a long-awaited trade deal with the United States, an agreement that protesters say could hurt domestic agriculture.
Farmers and local residents of floodplain areas protest in Noida on Feb. 11. Photographer: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Thousands of Indian farmers gathered across the country from Punjab to Tamil Nadu to demonstrate against a long-awaited trade deal with the United States, an agreement that protesters say could hurt domestic agriculture.
Farmers and local residents of floodplain areas protest in Noida on Feb. 11. Photographer: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Thousands of Indian farmers gathered across the country from Punjab to Tamil Nadu to demonstrate against a long-awaited trade deal with the United States, an agreement that protesters say could hurt domestic agriculture.
Farmers and local residents of floodplain areas protest in Noida on Feb. 11. Photographer: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
The White House revised its fact sheet on the US-India trade agreement to adjust language around agricultural goods, adding to confusion about the deal already raised by farmer groups.
Pulses at a market in Hyderabad, India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh
The White House revised its fact sheet on the US-India trade agreement to adjust language around agricultural goods, adding to confusion about the deal already raised by farmer groups.
Pulses at a market in Hyderabad, India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh
India has proposed opening up parts of its agriculture industry to cheaper imports from the US, a move that may lower food and feed costs but intensify pressure on some domestic farmers.
Freshly picked and packaged strawberries sit in a box before being loaded onto a truck for delivery during a harvest at Fancy Farms near Plant City, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Annual strawberry harvests in the area bring nearly $1 billion to the local economy, according to the Florida Strawberry Festival Growers Association.
India has proposed opening up parts of its agriculture industry to cheaper imports from the US, a move that may lower food and feed costs but intensify pressure on some domestic farmers.
Freshly picked and packaged strawberries sit in a box before being loaded onto a truck for delivery during a harvest at Fancy Farms near Plant City, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Annual strawberry harvests in the area bring nearly $1 billion to the local economy, according to the Florida Strawberry Festival Growers Association.
India has proposed to cut fertilizer subsidy spending in the next financial year starting in April, a move that could help reduce the fiscal deficit but may raise cultivation costs for farmers in the world’s most populous nation.
Farmer cut wheat during harvest at a field in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, April 29, 2024. Wheat prices fell the most in more than a month, snapping a seven-day winning streak, as the outlook for much-needed rain helped alleviate crop concerns.
India, the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer, canceled more soybean oil shipments from South America as the rupee’s slump to a record low widened the price gap between local and imported oil.