Brazil`s first PHAs production facility requiring an investment of Euros80 million will sited in the state of São Paulo. The plant is expected to produce 10,000 tonnes PHAs/year.
Fiji – Labour shortages beginning to impact sugar industry’s future [Registered]
The General Secretary Fiji Cane Growers Association Bala Dass the majority of the 12 thousand active sugar cane farmers are over 50 years old, and the industry is unable to attract young people as they shun the hard work in cane fields opting instead for white collar jobs that pays regularly.
Brazil – SJC Bioenergia to co-process corn at its cane sugar ethanol plant [Registered]
The combined patented and patent-pending systems produces a corn based starch slurry stream which gives high yields of ethanol and co-products while allowing the sugar cane mill to utilize existing fermentation, distillation, and evaporation.
Cuba – 2014/15 sugar output increases by 18% [Registered]
Cane harvest and milling operations were impeded in part by lack of access to parts to address repairs due to late delivery by import companies resulting in 11 sugar mills delaying their campaign which adversely impacted their performance.
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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