Sri Lanka Watawala to invest marketing unit proceeds in tea, oil palm
Mar 08, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watalawa Plantations Plc said cash from the sale of a marketing arm will be used to expand oil palm, boost efficiencies in its …
Mar 08, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watalawa Plantations Plc said cash from the sale of a marketing arm will be used to expand oil palm, boost efficiencies in its …
Feb 08, 2012 (LBO) - RAM Ratings Lanka has assigned long- and short-term corporate credit ratings of A and P2 to CIC Holdings (CIC) with a stable outlook on …
BANGKOK, (Asia Pulse) - The international rice trade is forecast to fall by approximately 1 million tonnes, or 5 per cent, this year as improved harvest …
Feb 03, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lankan small farmers are suffering because of a downturn in demand for tea from key markets in the Middle East owing to political …
Feb 02, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry is considering developing an 'all-encompassing' standard to demonstrate compliance with a plethora of …
Feb 02, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea plantations industry said investments in improving infrastructure and community services had improve the quality of life …
Jan 31, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is testing new varieties of tea that have better ability to tolerate drought and disease, the head of the island's tea research …
Jan 31, 2012 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka state decision to allow commercial timber to be harvested will increase the supply of fuel wood for use in tea driers helping …
Jan 31, 2012 (LBO) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said it is giving a 22 million dollar loan to Sri Lanka to rebuilt irrigation …
Jan 30, 2012 (LBO) - Poverty levels in Sri Lanka's tea industry are still too high and need to be addressed as a matter of priority, a senior official of the …
Jan 27, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said December 2011 quarter net profit fell 39 percent to 158 million rupees from a year ago, with a …
Jan 27, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's production of CTC (crush, tear, curl) type teas, used mainly in tea bags, rose sharply in 2011, although overall output was …
Jan 25, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will host a key meeting of officials from major tea producing and consuming nations in a United Nations body next week, helping …
Jan 24, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tea Smallholder Factories Plc, a unit of John Keells Holdings said it lost a million rupees in the December 2012 quarter …
Jan 20, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantation companies are in crisis with high costs and falling commodity prices that only greater labour and land productivity …
Jan 17, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Renuka Agri Foods plans to buy control of Richlife Dairies Limited, a manufacturer of dairy and fruit products, a stock …
Dec 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and India will hold talks on resolving a fishing dispute which escalated after the end of a 30-year war, when a joint working …
Dec 21, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has asked Russia to cut import duty on tea in a phased manner following its admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) …
Dec 20, 2011 (LBO) - Russia's entry in to the World Trade Organization last week will enable high import duty on value-added tea to be reduced, creating better …
Dec 19, 2011 (LBO) - A specialty tea contest held in Russia recently would help Sri Lankan exporters promote Ceylon teas in the biggest market for the island's …