Lloyd's of London is in talks with the United Nations over providing insurance cover for Ukrainian grain shipments if a new Black Sea corridor deal can be reached, its CEO John Neal told Reuters on Thursday.
A landmark agreement around jets stranded in Russia is positive for insurers, Lloyd's of London CEO John Neal said on Thursday as the commercial insurance market reported a first-half profit of 3.9 billion pounds ($4.9 billion).
The first shipment of raw sugar from Australia to Britain under a new free trade agreement between the two countries has arrived in London, marking the reopening of a valuable market for Australian suppliers.
James Kuffner, the chief executive of Toyota Motor's autonomous driving technology unit Woven by Toyota, will step down from his post effective Oct. 1, the subsidiary said in a statement on Thursday.
Vietnam will soon sign an inter-government agreement on the rice trade with the Philippines to help the countries ensure food security, its government said in a statement on Thursday.
Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than a week as a strong dollar made metals expensive to buyers using other currencies, while the market awaited further economic support.
James Kuffner, the chief executive of Toyota Motor's autonomous driving technology subsidiary Woven by Toyota, is resigning from the post, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Iranian state-owned animal feed importer SLAL is believed to have purchased animal feed corn sourced from Brazil in an international tender which closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Thursday.
China's copper imports declined 5% in August from a year earlier, customs data showed on Thursday, hit by a faltering economy and depressed demand while domestic producers boosted output.
Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, weighed down by losses in rival oils and concerns ahead of August supply-demand data from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
The Philippines has plentiful stocks of sugar as it enters a new crop year this month and thus has no immediate plans to import any additional volume of the sweetener, the chief of the industry regulator said on Thursday.
Chicago corn futures eased on Thursday, trading close to three-year lows as record production in top exporter Brazil and supplies from an early U.S. harvest weighed on the market.
Russian drone strikes have damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and administrative buildings in the Izmail district of Ukraine's Odesa region, its governor, Oleh Kiper, said on Thursday.
China's copper imports declined 5% in August from a year earlier, customs data showed on Thursday, as demand weakness persisted amid a faltering economy and strong domestic production.
China, the world's largest soy buyer, imported 9.36 million tonnes of soybeans in August, down 3.8 % from 9.73 million tonnes in July, figures from the General Administration of Customs of China showed.
Metal producers and consumers urged the European Union to invest more in expanding processing capacity for minerals critical to the energy transition, such as those used in electric vehicles, as the bloc finalises its plans for the year ahead.
Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than a week as a strong dollar and weakening yuan made metals expensive to users in top metals consumer China.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday to their highest level in nearly four weeks, while feeder cattle also stormed higher.
Corn harvesting in parts of the western U.S. Midwest is starting sooner than normal after a recent stretch of hot, dry weather sped the crop to maturity, analysts and agronomists said on Wednesday.