Sugar Cane Production, Processing & Refining

Era of Food Prices Always Falling Seen at End on Population
BusinessWeek
Prices since then have declined 11 percent by December. Cargill, based in Minnesota, trades all kinds of farm commodities, including cocoa, soybeans, corn, sugar, meat, wheat and ethanol. Conway is based in Cobham, England. Wheat has doubled since the ...

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DTI Wants Higher Sugar Prices
Manila Bulletin
Domingo explained that if the price of sugar would remain low, this could discourage sugar planters to plant and discourage production, as well. “So, I'd rather see a stable situation,” he said. Domingo said the declining prices of sugar could be ...
DTI says sugar prices too lowMalaya

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Where are the lowest gas prices in Fort Bend?
Ultimate Fort Bend
Visitors to the gasbuddy.com website reported rates for 102 gas stations in and around Missouri City, Richmond, Rosenberg and Sugar Land. As of Saturday, Feb. 4, the average price of regular unleaded gas in the area was $3.356 per gallon.

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DTI says sugar prices too low
Malaya
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is aiming for stable sugar prices even if they go a little higher than current prices. "For it to stabilize, the price should slightly be higher than what it is," said Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said.
DTI Wants Higher Sugar PricesManila Bulletin

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Al-Arabiya
Syrian sugar refiner halts production
Reuters Africa
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI Feb 5 (Reuters) - Syria's National Sugar Co, a privately owned refiner with a capacity of 1 million tonnes a year, has halted production because of the poor security situation in the country, its chairman said on Sunday.
Cargill shares view India to produce 25-26 million tonnes sugar 2011/12Economic Times
World's Largest Sugar Refinery Will Buy More Sweetener From India in 2012Bloomberg
Egypt's Nile Sugar to up capacity in 2013: CEODaily News Egypt

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Sugar May Fall to 18 Cents a Pound This Year, Macquarie Says
BusinessWeek
5 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar prices may fall to as low as 18 cents a pound this year as a forecast surplus for the 2011-12 season becomes available, according to Macquarie Group Ltd. Sugar supplies are set to outpace demand by 9 million metric tons in the ...

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Sugar May Fall to 18 Cents a Pound This Year, Macquarie Says
BusinessWeek
The sugar cane crop in Brazil will rise to 520 million tons in the harvest starting in April, Mello said. Output for the current season was 492.7 million tons as of Jan. 15, according to industry group Unica. Production of the sweetener will total 33 ...

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Sugar Market May Develop a Second Surplus Next Season, Olam Says
BusinessWeek
5 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar production may outpace demand by as much as 8 million metric tons next season, a second consecutive surplus that could help send prices down further, according to commodities trader Olam International Ltd. Output will be 6 ...

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Sugar Production May Result in a Second Surplus Next Season, Olam Says
Bloomberg
Sugar production may outpace demand by as much as 8 million metric tons next season, a second consecutive surplus that could help send prices down further, according to commodities trader Olam International Ltd. Output will be 6 million to 8 million ...

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Indian white sugar steady on speculation; Thai raws in demand
Business Recorder (blog)
Thai raw sugar premiums held steady this week, shored up by Asian buyers despite rising supply, and Indian prices were also unchanged ahead of speculation that the government will soon decide to allow more exports, dealers said on Wednesday.

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Sweet deal: Cronies take profits, gov't take liabilities
Malaysia Kini
Onyourtoes: So the government signed the contract at a pre-determined world price. That being the case, the sugar manufacturers in Malaysia would have no risk due to fluctuations in the world sugar price. They have no risk of making profit too because ...

Sugar refinery appeals DEQ order
CanadianBusiness.com
(AP) — Louisiana Sugar Refining LLC is appealing an environmental compliance order issued against the company for alleged unauthorized release of process water in mid-December. State environmental records say the appeal involves a release at the ...

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More sugar factories to come up in State
Deccan Herald
A delegation from the State will meet the Union Minister for Agriculture seeking permission to export sugar. Horticulture and Sugar Minister S A Ravindranath said on Saturday that sugar production in the State was likely to go up to 21 lakh metric ...

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Business Line
52-WEEK FLOP: SHREE RENUKA SUGARS
Business Line
One, for a company regarded as a play on global sugar prices due to its significant Brazilian and refining operations, the cooling off of global sugar prices in the last one year signals weaker realisations. Two, the company's acquisition of two ...

The Malaysian Insider
DPM says health problems may lead to sugar subsidy cut
The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh SHAH ALAM, Feb 4 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin admitted today that the growing cost for healthcare due to high sugar intake may be good grounds for the government to cut subsidies for the commodity in the long term.

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World's Largest Sugar Refinery Will Buy More Sweetener From India in 2012
Bloomberg
India is exporting sugar for a second year this season as domestic supplies exceed demand. Production there will rise 6.2 percent to 28.3 million tons in the season ending Sept. 30, data from the US Department of Agriculture show.

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New Straits Times
Sugar price to stay for 3 years
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has locked the new sugar price globally at 78 sen per kilo for the next three years, causing an increase in subsidies. Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob during the launch of Menu Rakyat 1Malaysia at Sekatarakyat cafeteria in ...

The Malaysian Insider
Sugar deal inked above market price as subsidy bill spikes
The Malaysian Insider
By Lisa J. Ariffin KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 – Malaysia signed a long-term sugar supply deal at a fixed price of US$26 (RM78.20) per hundred pounds last month despite global prices for the commodity hovering around US$23, resulting in a hike in the subsidy ...

SOFTS-Sugar, coffee rise after US jobs growth
Reuters
* Expected sugar surplus caps gains * Dealers eye robusta March/May spread (Adds details, quotes, updates prices) By Alison Birrane and Sarah McFarlane LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Raw sugar, coffee and cocoa futures gained on Friday along with other ...
Brazil Sugar Crop Seen Failing to Compensate for Indian DropBusinessWeek
The Soft Spot(49)Inside Futures
SOFTS-Sugar, coffee firm ahead of US jobs dataReuters Africa

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Kenya's Mumias Sugar's profit edges up 4.5 pct in H1
Reuters Africa
Mumias is the largest sugar grower and miller in the east African nation of 39 million people. The country has an annual sugar deficit of around 200000 tonnes, which is usually filled by imports from other producers in the region.

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