http://www.commodityonline.com/ India's largest commodity news portal en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:35:53 GMT 60 Copyright: (C) 2007 Commodity Online India Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://www.commodityonline.com/images2008/commodity_logo.jpg http://www.commodityonline.com/ 144 27 Visit CommodityOnline.com http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Geopolitical-battle-over-energy-transit-routes-23086-3-1.html As the gas pipeline battles are under way a new trend is emerging which is the transition towards Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). That transportation mode of natural gas through seaborne tankers will open new markets alleviate the dependency of some countries on existing pipeline routes. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/What-Gold-to-Natural-Gas-ratio-means-to-you-23059-3-1.html Right now we have an extreme development in the natural gas market natural gas prices have dropped to a multi year low and the oil to natural gas ratio and Gold to natural gas ratio are both trading in the extreme ranges. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Gold-is-too-big-now-but-it-is-the-end-of-bull-run-22983-3-1.html Anyone who believes gold is too popular with the mainstream public simply doesn't know who the mainstream public is... and they don't understand how bull markets end. Sure...gold is up big since it broke out to a new high in September. In just over two months it has climbed from $950 an ounce to $1100 an ounce. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Sector-ETFs-that-appeal-on-economic-recovery-22953-3-1.html As global economy enters recovery phase some of the best performing ETFs are in technology consumer discretionary consumer staple transportation emerging markets among others. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/No-1-Mexico-No-2-India-No-3-China-22923-3-1.html Mexico has leapfrogged China to be ranked as the cheapest country in the world for companies looking to manufacture products for the U.S. market. India is now No. 2 followed by China and then Brazil according to corporate consultant AlixPartners Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Tungsten-and-its-use-in-making-fake-gold-22919-3-1.html Most metals are not as dense as gold. Heavier platinum group metals have similar densities but are very expensive.There are two metals that are suitable from both a density and economic perspective for manufacturing fake gold uranium and tungsten. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Van-Ecks-Junior-Gold-Miners-ETF-holds-promise-22886-3-1.html Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDXJ) is the latest fund from Van Eck. The index gives exposure to small and mid cap companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from gold or silver. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Why-more-people-may-buy-gold-from-now-22824-3-1.html But gold is still a marginal holding by marginal investors like us. Central banks especially those in emerging countries have very little gold. The man on the street doesn't know anything about gold. He wouldn't know a gold coin if it hit him on the head. As gold becomes accepted as a true store of value we can expect more and more people to want to own it. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Use-of-beads-in-jewelry-and-their-popular-forms-22756-3-1.html The very first actual beads that have been discovered date back to about 38 000 BC. Making by cavemen these beads were crafted from animal parts. Now beads are popular for its versatality and diversity. It can be combined with any material including gold silver glass crystal among others Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Relevance-of-Eco-Mark-for-Indian-industry-22729-3-1.html Twenty Eco Mark licenses to fifteen companies have been awarded in India under three product categories i.e. paper wood substitutes and finished leather and sixteen product categories have been notified since 1992 to 2000. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Gold-giving-golden-touch-to-global-economy-22692-3-1.html India for the past 15 years largely neglected its gold reserves. India s gold holdings peaked in 1994 at 20% of its foreign exchange reserves. But up until Tuesday those holdings had dropped to just 3.6% of the nation s estimated $285.5 billion in foreign reserves. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/India-beats-China-to-walk-away-with-IMF-gold-22656-3-1.html In the past larges sales of gold mostly by European central banks swamped the gold price and kept it in check. The European CBs either felt like they had too much gold doing too little work on the balance sheet. Or they were manipulating the price of gold down by increasing the supply Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT