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Industrial gold output from Ghana, Africa's top producer of the precious metal, increased 6% in 2019 from the previous year while small-scale gold production dropped 20%, the Chamber of Mines said in its annual general meeting on Friday.

Ukraine is expecting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a $5 billion loan package on June 5 and to disburse the first tranche of $1.9 billion the next day, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told Reuters on Friday.

India's economy grew 3.1% in the January-March quarter compared with the same period last year, the slowest growth in at least eight years, official data showed on Friday, reflecting the partial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

China may reduce its imports of agricultural products from the United States if Washington issues a severe response to Beijing's push to impose national security laws on Hong Kong, three sources said.

Pot producer Canopy Growth Corp on Friday reported a bigger loss for the fourth quarter, hit by non-cash charges of C$743 million related to its recent restructuring actions and impairment of some assets.

Pot producer Canopy Growth Corp on Friday reported a bigger loss for the fourth quarter, hit by non-cash impairment and restructuring-related charges of C$743 million.

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager denied on Friday that she was putting hurdles in the way of Lufthansa's $10 billion government rescue, saying companies getting big capital injections from the state have to offset their competitive advantage.

Administrators at South African Airways have asked for more time to publish a business rescue plan for the struggling state-owned airline so they can discuss new government restructuring proposals, a letter to creditors showed.

Irish retail sales in April plunged 43.3% year on year, according to data on Friday that captured the full coronavirus-related shutdown of the economy throughout the month.

China's imports of aluminium are about to hit their highest levels in a decade, traders and analysts said, as an arbitrage opportunity created by demand recovery after its coronavirus outbreak makes it cheaper to buy metal from outside the country.

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) cut its rating on European planemaker Airbus to 'A/A-1' from 'A+/A-1+' and issued a negative outlook on the company.

The Berlin government is likely to reach a deal with Brussels on a $10 billion government bailout of stricken airline Lufthansa, senior government official Thomas Jarzombek said on Friday, but stressed the German airline needed fair treatment.

Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd said on Friday it received permission to conduct drone trials that will allow it to deliver medical supplies and e-commerce products as a months-long lockdown has thrown supply chains in the country into disarray.

Asian grain buyers are ready to re-enter the market after a pause of about two months caused by the coronavirus lockdowns, seeking wheat from Black Sea suppliers, two trade sources said.

Chinese civil aviation authorities plan to extend until June 30 their curbs on international flights imposed to restrain the spread of the coronavirus, the U.S. embassy in Beijing said in a travel advisory on Friday.

The administrator of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it expected to shortlist two preferred bidders early next week after parties confirmed non-binding indicative proposals to acquire the airline on Friday.

Indonesia has imposed tariffs on imports of some textile products for the period until November 2022, according to a finance ministry regulation, in a bid to protect local producers from a surge of imports of fabrics, curtains and yarn.

The administrator of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it expected to shortlist two preferred bidders early next week after parties confirmed non-binding indicative proposals to acquire the airline on Friday.

Indian export rice prices retreated this week from a more than one-year peak that slowed demand, while Vietnamese rates held near a two-year high as countries battling the coronavirus pandemic sought to bolster stocks.

New Zealand's Fonterra said on Friday its China dairy import volumes climbed 10.1% in March, after two consecutive months of declines, as the world's second-largest economy reopens after coronavirus-induced lockdowns.