Sentence examples for biggest commodity from inspiring English sources

Last month Viterra, the largest grain handler, accepted a C$6.1 billion ($6.2 billion) takeover by Glencore, a Swiss company that is the world's biggest commodity trader.

So when China slows, commodity prices are hit, mining company shares tumble and the pain is felt in the biggest commodity exporters, such as Australia.

Handing money back to shareholders, rather than seeking new investments in the biggest commodity boom the world has seen, might be regarded as an admission of failure though BHP says that it has enough to do both.

It was another bad day for miners' share prices, hit by a falling copper price (again), Opec's report of a glut of oil and an 84% drop in quarterly profit at Noble Group, Asia's biggest commodity trader.

The '90s were the era of monster publicists, managers and agents, a time when a star's album, concert, movie, book or TV show — not her emotional life — was seen as her biggest commodity.

Glencore, the world's biggest commodity trader, may be about to confirm the industry's allure: rumours are flying that it is mulling an investment in KS Oils, an Indian edible-oil firm.In this section Strife of Brian Bargain-hunting Back to the futures Up means down Chinese stall Non-stick securities What's cooking?

Sunshine and surf are the island's two biggest commodities, and there's plenty of both to go round.

GLENCORE AND MINER IN TALKS Glencore International, the biggest commodities trading company in the world, has approached the mining company Xstrata about a takeover.

Glencore, the world's biggest commodities trader, which is moving towards a possible listing next year, saw a 42 per cent rise in net profits over the first nine months of 2010 as commodity prices rallied.

Today, as the record industry's revenue model has collapsed with the digitization of its biggest commodities, companies are cutting back spending on all but their biggest stars, and not signing nearly as many new acts.

Is one share of Xstrata, a mining company based in Switzerland but listed in London, a fair swap for 2.8 of its Swiss neighbour, Glencore, a miner and by far the world's biggest commodities trader?