Karachi: (Tuesday, August 07, 2012) Pakistan and Iran, two cash starved neighbours have finally found out a solution for their depreciating foreign exchange reserves while keeping their usual trade volume unaffected. According to the sources, Iran will buy wheat from Pakistan in exchange of fertilizer and pig iron. By now, an agreement for purchase of […]
Local fertiliser demand drops to lowest ever after influx of foreign fertiliser Tuesday, May 29, 2012: The demand for local fertilisers has reached a record low after the huge supply of cheap foreign fertiliser in the market. This gap has resulted in huge unsold inventory level for local fertilisers in the month of April. Unsold […]
May 30 2012 | Posted in
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Government mulls over increasing the price of imported Fertiliser Saturday, February 25, 2012: The Finance Ministry and the Planning Commission are considering a rise in price of imported Fertiliser. The proposal is put forward in order to taper the gap between locally produced urea and that imported from abroad. According to commendable sources, Fertiliser dealers […]
Feb 26 2012 | Posted in
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Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to purchase 378,000 tons of sugar for the strategic reserve this year. The decision was taken after the reduction bid prices for sugar by the sugar mills this season, quoting just Rs. 17 per kg. The ECC meeting was presided by the Finance Minister of Pakistan, […]
Jan 4 2012 | Posted in
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The decision of the Economic Coordination Committee for the curtailment of gas supply to fertilizer plants was overturned by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to add another feather to the list of such lapses. The ECC approved a gas load management for November, 2011, but the Premier was quick to overturn this decision after […]
Nov 28 2011 | Posted in
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The decision of the Economic Coordination Committee for the curtailment of gas supply to fertilizer plants was overturned by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to add another feather to the list of such lapses. The ECC approved a gas load management for November, 2011, but the Premier was quick to overturn this decision after […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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The decision of the Economic Coordination Committee for the curtailment of gas supply to fertilizer plants was overturned by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to add another feather to the list of such lapses. The ECC approved a gas load management for November, 2011, but the Premier was quick to overturn this decision after a […]
Nov 18 2011 | Posted in
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Decision of Gas load management overturned by PM Gillani The decision of the Economic Coordination Committee for the curtailment of gas supply to fertilizer plants was overturned by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to add another feather to the list of such lapses. The ECC approved a gas load management for November, 2011, but […]
Nov 17 2011 | Posted in
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Fertilizer manufacturing faces hurdles from natural gas shortage Fertilizer industry of Pakistan has fallen victim to the shortage of natural gas even before the start of winter season. Although there are only unnoticeable changes in the weather, the load shedding problem is already showing its vitals. The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited has stated that […]
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
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