The ACIL Allen analysis showed a fall in exports from 48,466 tonnes to 34,430 tonnes in the 10 years to 2015 - 16 related to trade barriers and high costs of production in Australia. (afr.com)
A report in The Wall Street Journal Sunday showed that despite falling prices, investors are still eager to fund oil exploration and extraction efforts here in the U.S. With interest rates so low and investors searching for anything that will provide decent returns, even oil companies facing high costs of production and low market prices are having no problem getting funding: (fortune.com)
Mr Maxwell Odonkor, the Metro Director of Food and Agriculture, said farmers and fishermen face challenges of high cost of production, inputs and credit as well as storage facilities and these denied them the chance to attain optimal benefits from their toils. (xliveafrica.com)