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Guar gum prices fall 13% as Covid halves demandThe US accounts for 34% of India's guar gum exports. It uses the commodity in ‘fracking’ or hydraulic fracturing process to extract oil and...
Guar gum prices rise on revival of demandAt Rs 60 a kg, guar gum is 30 per cent more expensive than its low of Rs 46 per kg in April, said Sohan Jain, secretary of the Guar Gum Man...
North America puts its drilling projects on hold, guar slipsGuar prices plunged to seven-year lows as demand waned from the North American-oil drilling industry, which is putting projects on hold ami...
Steady demand, rain woes push up Guar pricesTalking to ET, PK Hisaria, president, Indian Guar Gum Manufacturers Association, said: “Last year, the area under guar seed was 32 lakh hec...
Foreign Guar Gum buyers return after prices crash by more than 50 per centChinese, American and European buyers have renewed their interest in Indian guar gum with prices having crashed by more than 50%.
- Dry spell to crimp guar output
Traders and growers expect production to drop to 20-25 lakh tonne from 35 lakh tonne if there are no rains for the rest of this month.
Guar gum exports halve on low demand by oil companiesFarmers prefer guar cultivation as it offers better returns than cotton & soya despite price swings
Humble guar gum India’s top farm exportGuar gum has emerged as India’s top farm export overtaking traditional heavyweights rice and cotton.
- Government may not lift the ban on guar futures
FMC is scheduled to review the ban with the Director General of Foreign Trade and the stakeholders in Rajasthan before taking a decision.
Guar gum industry in a fix as US cos eye substitutesIndia produces 20 million tonne of guar seeds annually from which 6 lakh tonne of guar gum is extracted.
- Guar price rise keeps away US buyers
A sudden surge in guar price last year has kept away the US buyers from lifting the product which is used as a thickening agent used for oi...
- Sudden crash in guar gum prices worries its cultivators
The price of guar gum, grown in arid Rajasthan and used internationally to prise out natural gas from shale rock, has crashed from a peak o...
- Truant rains may spoil the party for Guar farmers
Deficient rains in parts of Rajasthan may spoil the party for overenthusiastic farmers who have expanded guar acreage this kharif season.
- Farmers across India bet on guar as prices see a sharp rise
Guar gum prices have jumped to Rs 30,000 per quintal from Rs 3,000 per quintal a year ago while guar seed prices have gone up to Rs 350 per...
- Oilseed acreage likely to increase this year
The acreage under guar, soyabean and groundnut in India is all set to rise this year.
- Rajasthan, Haryana bet on guar; increase acreage
Rajasthan and Haryana, which account for India’s three fourths of guar seed output between them, have increased the acreage a year after de...
- Rising input cost plays spoilsport for Guar Gum exporters
Diminishing export demand coupled with high input cost has forced 90% of the Guar Gum processing units in Jodhpur to down their shutters do...
- Amid fluctuations, Guar likely to be range bound
Despite the visible shrinkage in the acreage of Guar, the prices are likely to remain range bound amid feeble fluctuations.
- Slump hits guar gum exports; seed prices dip
Global downturn had its impact on prices of guar seeds and guar gum, used as an emulsifier in commercial food processing.
- Speculation may spell end to guar futures trade
Futures trading in guar seed and guar gum may soon come to an end. Sharing the concern of the guar gum exporters that speculation in their ...