A worker inspects newly smelted copper anode sheets for delivery at the Dachang Copper companies refinery, in Shanghai. China, a major consumer of raw materials, is seeking to position itself as an international marketplace for the brokerage of these assets and has just launched a futures contract on the hot copper market.

Evaly Chairman Shamima Nasrin and IFAD Multiproducts Vice President Mohammad Shafiul Azam sign an agreement at a hotel in the capital recently. Under the deal, customers will be able to buy Ifad brand flour, semolina, cookies, noodles-pasta, biscuits and other groceries and food items online from Evaly.