YarnsandFibers Wool News http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Wool News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:13:28 -0700 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:13:28 -0700 Australia - Tight supply lifts wool prices http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17060 Wool Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Wool prices continued their recovery last week, although exporters are wary of further big gains. The Eastern Market Indicator rose 22 cents to close the week at 788c/kg clean. ... Demand from China gives SA wool a boost http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16991 Wool Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Prices of wool were up for a second consecutive week on the back of strong demand from China. Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 4.7% to close at R47.55/kg clean. This me... Australia wool industry will not bow to boycotts http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16982 Wool Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Australia's $2.2 billion wool industry rejected calls on Thursday to immediately stop a "barbaric" practice of cutting away loose skin from sheep to stop maggots, saying there was no workable altern... Australia - Poor wool sales in Fremantle http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16877 Wool Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 The falling price of wool is prompting many Western Australian wool growers to abandon weekly sales. In Fremantle this week, 4000 bales were listed for sale. However, 1... Wool prices drop again at North Island sale http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16876 Wool Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports prices at todays auction of North Island wool, in Napier, continued their recent downward trend. In the sale of approximately 8,700 ... New Zealand - Fall in wool exports offset by prices http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16862 Wool Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Exports of wool are down due to a slump in demand. But average prices are up. The financial crisis has severely depressed activity by buyers at recent wool sales. Export ... Australia - All wool categories continue price slide http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16861 Wool Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Wool prices continued to ease during last weeks sales with the Eastern Market Indicator quoted at 738 cents at the close of sales, down 26 cents from the previous week. Finer micron cate... Signs of China returning to wool market http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=16837 Wool Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Despite the price of wool losing 3.4 per cent last week, one wool buyer says there was some good news. Lempriere, Fox and Lillie's Bruce Toms says, for the first time in three weeks Chine...