Industry 4.0: Simulation [Full subscriber]
Simulation in the process industry and specifically in sugar factories is not breathtakingly new. Most processes are designed in a lab model first, and then scaled up to the industrial […]
Monthly snapshot December [Full subscriber]
March raw sugar closed down at 20.18 cents per lb on 18th November, after peaking at 20.69 cents, the highest level for the front month since February 2017. White sugar, […]
Monthly Snapshot November [Full subscriber]
Raw sugar futures in New York ended significantly higher as the market continued its recovery from previous losses. A weakening of the US dollar was seen as supportive. The benchmark […]
Industry 4.0: Cybersecurity [Full subscriber]
Introduction The increasing digitalization of companies and the associated networking of nearly all sectors are generating tremendous economic potential. Figure 1. Why is industrial security so important? Today over 20 […]
Are sugar companies exploiting the cache of social responsibility?1
Companies embracing sustainability realize that this requires embracing a range of actions. Research2 from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, highlights one. It offers a compelling insight […]
Xylooligosaccharides: Bagasse sugars as prebiotics [Full subscriber]
The agroindustry has been focusing for some time on the recovery of lignocellulosic by-products to produce sustainable ingredients targeting the feed, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries. Lignocellulosic materials or […]
Monthly Snapshot October [Full subscriber]
Raw sugar futures in New York ended significantly higher as the market continued its recovery from previous losses. A weakening of the US dollar was seen as supportive. The benchmark […]
Sugar reduction/replacement sector will remain a niche player in the sweetener market [Full subscriber]
The demonization of sugar has given birth to the sugar reduction sector, and in the recent past, accelerated it. Mass media is replete with reports from anti-sugar evangelists and health […]
Take 2! How long before climate change makes sugar a rarity?
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer During the current summer, flooding, searing […]
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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Reflections on the current sugar market dynamics
Undoubtedly, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have impacted the fortunes not only in the sugar industry. The frequency of extreme hot weather and record temperatures and rainfall has increased […]