Trade unions, labour shortages, fertiliser costs heavy burden for Sri Lanka’s tea estates
December 14, 2006 (LBO) - Trade union action, wage hikes and high fertiliser prices are proving a volatile cocktail of problems for Sri Lanka's plantation …
December 14, 2006 (LBO) - Trade union action, wage hikes and high fertiliser prices are proving a volatile cocktail of problems for Sri Lanka's plantation …
December 14, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet has appointed a high level committee to help revise lease agreements currently in place between the government …
Dec 12 (LBO) - Sri Lankan regional plantations company Udapussellawa Plantations is to hand over management of two estates to a newly incorporated private …
Dec 12 (LBO) - State owned Bank of Ceylon has tied up with Pelwatte Sugar Industries to give farmers over a billion rupees in soft loans and boost production …
December 07, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is unlikely to reach last year's tea production record, as trade unions strikes on estates since November over a wage …
Nov 30, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantation companies warned Thursday of millions of rupees in losses due to trade union action on estates, as wage talks …
NAIROBI, Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Global tea experts meeting in Kenya Monday called for tough minimum quality standards to address the growing problem of poor tea …
November 24, 2006 (LBO) - Young urban Sri Lankans are steadily patronising India's Barista Coffee Co. buy advair rotahaler online …
Nov 23 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea plantations are battling weather, wage hikes and unofficial trade union 'go slows' on estates that have already eaten into …
Nov 20 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantation sector trade unions are to hold crisis talks on Tuesday on stalled wage negotiations with companies, and any strike …
Nov 16, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantation companies have asked estate worker unions to compromise on a wage increase, in efforts to jumpstart talks that …
Nov 08 (LBO) - Sri Lankan branded tea exporter Imperial Teas may look at setting up subsidiaries in countries like China and even Kenya, to develop its brands …
Nov 02 (LBO) - Sri Lanka posted record tea production in September, as estate worker trade unions thrash out a wage increase for over 250,000 plantation …
NAIROBI, Oct 30, 2006 (AFP) - Kenya's tea production surged eight percent in the third quarter of this year from last but remains below the 2005 cumulative …
Oct 19, 2006 (LBO) - The European Union has lifted year long restrictions on Sri Lanka's cinnamon exports, following approval of a new standard for the spice. …
Oct 05 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has shipped less value added teas for the eight months to August, as a key buyer Libya is yet to place any big orders, a …
NEW DELHI, Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Tata Tea, the world's second-biggest branded teamaker, said Thursday it has bought a 33 percent stake in leading South African …
October 3, 2006 (LBO) - Indian tea giant Tata Tea is in talks with a Sri Lankan firm to sell off its plantation venture here, officials said. online pharmacy …
Sept 28 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea crop production dropped in August on a combination of bad weather and reduced use of fertilizer on estates due to soaring …
Sept 27, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lankan agri-business company CIC on Tuesday launched an advisory company for plantation firms and smallholders, in efforts to up …