In 1967 three bagasse diffusers were commissioned in Southern Africa. Their performances had not been consistently good due to adjustments to gain experience with the new equipment. However extractions were […]
Monthly Snapshot March [Full subscriber]
Market overview The perception in the market that swing in fundamentals is on the cards probably explains the gain in raw sugar prices by 4% to 13.09 cents/lb on 15th […]
Sugar production expansion in Thailand has come to a halt
In September 2016, the Thai government approved building of 25 new sugar factories, which, if built, by the scheduled 2021, would increase the number of factories in the country to […]
Diffusion: History [Full subscriber]
In 1962 JH Payne in Hawaii noted that diffusion was universal for processing sugar beets, whereas juice in sugar cane was expressed by pressure rolls. Hawaiian factories used batch diffusion, […]
Monthly Snapshot February [Full subscriber]
Market overview Market fundamentals will continue to inform minor ups and downs in the bear market awash with the global surplus and replenished stocks. A combination of declining demand from […]
Monthly Snapshot January [Full subscriber]
Market overview As we head off to 2019, market fundamentals point to bearish pressure on price from surplus and build up stocks providing a restraint on price recovery. In its […]
Brazil’s constant recourse to WTO
Well remember sharing a rickshaw with a couple of executives from Sudzucker several years ago in Mumbai while heading back from the conference venue to our hotel. I asked them […]
Reflections on the year
In the last quarter of this year, the market got excited over the prospect of a global deficit in 2018/19, driving the sugar price from the low of 9.91 cents/lb […]
Differential scanning calorimetry [Full subscriber]
Principles New analytical techniques such as gas or high pressure liquid chromatography and near infrared spectroscopy have been used in the cane sugar industry after their developments elsewhere. Here we look […]
Monthly Snapshot
Market overview The perception in the market that swing in fundamentals is on the cards probably explains the gain in raw sugar prices by 4% to 13.09 cents/lb on 15th February from 12.54 cents. This in part is driven by […]
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Various strategies of top sugar companies facing reduced profitability
As the Chinese proverb goes “When the wind of change blows, some build walls, while others build windmills.” To wit, the metaphorical turbulence that is the hallmark of the global […]