Due to higher steel prices and production cuts in China, prices follow an upwards trend

Since January, coal prices have risen about 80 percent

Prices will surpass AUD 700 a ton with farmers in some areas

Due to poor performance of Brazilian corn crops, ravaged by adverse weather conditions, imports are on the rise

Since mid-June, sowing of soybeans has been delayed due to patchy progress of southwest monsoon in major growing areas

Week-on-week, there was an increase of USD 7 per ton FOB

The Dalian Commodity Exchange contract dropped around 10 percent in the week leading up to July 23

The index decreased by 44 points on July 28

Farmers from across the US shared their optimism for 2021-2022 crops

In the first half of 2021, the Persian Gulf country boosted its iron ore purchases, iron ore making up 93 percent of import shipments

As updated weather forecast foresees better weather in the coming weeks, US soybean futures fell 1 percent on July 19

The index increased by 11 points on July 26

Imports into Brazil already make up 25 percent of the corn used as livestock feeding

The index gained 96 points on July 23

Set for a second straight week of gains, Chicago corn futures were down 0.6 percent

From January to June, exports increased 20.9 percent

The FOB coking coal market also continued to increase with offers for US coking coal at elevated levels

Due to higher steel prices and production cuts in China, prices followed a downwards trend

Following lower steel outputs, the main Chinese domestic iron ore benchmark ended the week with a decrease of 10 percent

The cement importer claims the quota and an increase in import duties would cripple its operations