http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Wool News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:12:00 -0600 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:12:00 -0600 http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15718 Wool Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Hunter wool growers are hoping the decision to move a big wool sale from Newcastle to Sydney is not part of a plan to scrap all local sales. The industry fought hard to keep the August ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15693 Wool Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Australian wool market finished 0.4 percent higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The AWEX EMI rose by 1 Australian cent (0.1 percent), ending the week at 874 ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15639 Wool Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Australian wool market finished 0.3 percent higher, on average, at one day sales on Wednesday in Sydney and Melbourne this week. The AWEX EMI rose by 3 Aust cents (0.3 percent), ending the week at... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15633 Wool Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports that prices on the sale of 12,000 bales of North Island wool, in Napier, continued to strengthen, abetted by a declining currency. Si... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15632 Wool Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Australian wool market finished 0.3pc higher after one-day sales on Wednesday in Sydney and Melbourne. According to the Australian Wool Industries Secretariat, the AWEX eastern market... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15617 Wool Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports that prices at todays sale of 12,000 bales of North Island wool, in Napier, continued to strengthen, abetted by a declining currency. ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15589 Wool Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Frankfurt-based DyStar Textilfarben GmbH and Co. Deutschland KG has added two new reactive dyes to its Realan® EHF range for wool dyeing, bringing the total number of dyes in that range to 11. ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15560 Wool Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Sheep farmers will no longer sell wool directly to PGG Wrightson, after it sold its remaining wool business to its joint venture The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM). PGG Wrightson an... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15526 Wool Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports that prices at todays wool sales strengthened in most categories. In the combined auction of 21,600 bales of North and South Island wo... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15525 Wool Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Australian wool market finished 0.8pc lower, or seven cents a kilogram, after sales in Sydney and Melbourne this week. The Australian Wool Industries Secretariat reports that the AWE... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15486 Wool Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Australia's first auction of non-mulesed wool is underway in the eastern states, with 1600 bales up for sale in an internet auction. Victoria and South Australia have the greatest numbe... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15469 Wool Wed, 28 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The South African wool market stabilised on Wednesday at the penultimate sale of the season after falling sharply during the previous two national sales, Cape Wools said. "The Cape Wools' Merino... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15461 Wool Wed, 28 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The General Company for Wool Industries has re-operated al-Huriyya wool cloth factory, which it said will produce blankets instead of cloth from now on, the Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals sai... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15457 Wool Thu, 29 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Australian wool industry is introducing a mulesing declaration in an attempt to address animal welfare concerns. The organisation that runs wool auctions, the Australian Wool Exch... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15433 Wool Mon, 26 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Prices at last week's North Island wool sale continued to be firm despite a much stronger New Zealand dollar. New Zealand Wool Services International reports that the dollar has risen 2... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15429 Wool Mon, 26 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 In the wool industry's latest attempt to appease animal welfare concerns, farmers will now have to sign a mulesing declaration to accompany every bale of wool sold at auction. The Austr... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15405 Wool Wed, 21 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The rising Australian dollar and import taxes are combining to lock district wool exporters out of the Chinese market. The Goulburn wool scour plant is running at about half its preferred ...