Today about three-quarters of the world’s sugar is supplied from cane which is grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions; one-quarter is supplied from beet grown in more temperate climates. The […]
Monthly Snapshot August [Full subscriber]
Market overview While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to heap instability in the global economy, it is apparent, that at least in the global sugar market, there is relative numbness to […]
Monthly Snapshot July [Full subscriber]
Market analysis On 22nd June the 15-day average price for the raw sugar at ICE in New York was 12.19 cents/lb while the price that day was 12.21 cents. The […]
Laboratory chemicals [Full subscriber]
Horne’s dry lead, consisting of a mixture of 4 parts Pb(C2H3O2)2.PbO and 3 parts Pb(C2H3O2)2.2PbO, was known in 1904. In 1942 Bates noted that basic lead acetate was the most […]
Rumble in the Pakistani industry as sugar barons investigated
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to engage and exercise governments, in the global sugar industry, one distraction that has been overshadowed has been Pakistan’s government launching an enquiry against the […]
Animal feeds [Full subscriber]
Aquaculture is a fast growing segment of agriculture. The manufacture of feeds for shrimps or prawns is important in Asia where 90% of the global aquaculture production is found. A […]
Monthly Snapshot June [Full subscriber]
Market Analysis For the foreseeable future, it is apparent that Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on all walks of life is also distorting the sway of market fundamentals. On 21st May, the […]
Brazilian millers lumbered with Hobson’s choice1 – expand sugar production
The conventional wisdom says that with most endeavours in life you should always have plan B as a backup. In businesses, particularly so. Where this plan is likely to backfire […]
Clarifier development [Full subscriber]
Lionnet (2013) noted that “in 1894 Deming patented a settling tank which was the forerunner of modern continuous clarifiers; Davies in 1936 gave 176 references covering 21 different types of […]
Monthly Snapshot
Market overview While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to heap instability in the global economy, it is apparent, that at least in the global sugar market, there is relative numbness to it throes. Traders note the market remains “stuck” in its […]
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Scourge of sugar smuggling can’t go on – apathy continues to damage
“Illicit trade ..is crowding out legitimate economic activity, depriving governments of revenues for investment in vital public services, dislocating millions of legitimate jobs and causing irreversible damage to … human […]