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rupa on Dec 23rd, 2008 in
Aluminium |
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Growth potential in India
India has the fifth largest bauxite reserves with deposits of about 3 bn tonnes or 5% of world deposits. India’s share in world aluminium capacity rests at about 3%. The per capita consumption of aluminium in India continues to remain abysmally low at under 1 kg as against nearly 25-30 kgs in the US and Europe, 15 kgs in Japan, 10 kgs in Taiwan and 3 kgs in China, which implies...
Posted by
rupa on Nov 7th, 2008 in
General,
WISDOM |
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There is news today in the papers about Anil Ambani now eyeing a 33% stake in Captain GR Gopinath’s cargo airline – known as Deccan Cargo. A 33% stake means Ambani is looking at an investment of Rs.250 crore and that is certainly no small change. Yet, people gave just a cursory glance at the news and moved on, as though this news did not hold any significance at all. The fact that it is in the inside pages of...
Posted by
rupa on Sep 1st, 2008 in
Research Tutorial |
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Platinum is a beautiful silvery-white metal. It is seen as an attractive investment vehicle and as a good way of hedging assets against inflation. This attraction for Platinum investment is spreading worldwide and is based on Platinum relative scarcity, its historical price performance and unique fundamentals. Investing in Platinum may be done in futures and options or in bars, ingots and bullion coins like the...
Posted by
rupa on Sep 1st, 2008 in
Research Tutorial |
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Transactions in commodity futures are margin-based transactions. In other words, the trader of a futures contract is only required to put up a fraction of the total value of the specified commodity traded. Margin money is essentially a guarantee that the person (trader) will honor the contract entered into. Margin is set based on risk. Margin is a minimum amount of commodity that must be held in order to trade a...
Posted by
rupa on Sep 1st, 2008 in
Research Tutorial |
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Biofuel can be broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from recently dead biological material, most commonly plants. Biofuel is any fuel that is derived from biomass – recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy source, unlike other natural resources such as petroleum, coal, and nuclear fuels.
This distinguishes it...