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Myanmar Sugar Development Public Co Ltd has secured state approval to invest US$20 million to build a new 5000 tonnes cane/day sugar mill in Kathar township, Sagaing Region. It is reported by International Sugar Journal. «The first phase of the mill construction and cogeneration plant is expected to be completed in a year and a half followed by another US$20 mill...

The Angolan Bioenergy Company (Biocom) is expected to produce 63,000 tonnes of sugar this year. It is reported by International Sugar Journal. While this is some 13% higher than the previous year, by all accounts this is significantly short of the full capacity of 256,000 tonnes which th...

The Sugar Company of Cameroon (SOSUCAM) plans to produce 160,000 tonnes of sugar a year by 2023, against a little over 120,000 tonnes now. It is reported by International Sugar Journal. The expansion in production will take place at its sites in Mbandjock and Nkoteng in the Central Region, where the company also has a cane planta...

Beet sugar output in the current campaign is forecast at over 6,6 million tonnes by the Institute for Agrarian Market Studies (IKAR). Last year Russia produced 6,2 million tonnes of sugar. It is reported by Sugar.ru. Combination of continuing increase in productivity and expansion in acreage (by 7,9% to 1,198,000 ha) informs the record output. Over the past 21 years, productivity...

Indonesia, the world's second-largest sugar importer, is exploring the possibility of buying raw sugar from India, where a bumper cane crop has raised fears of a glut of the sweetener.  It is reported by The Economic Times. India, too, is keen to export a bigger quantity, preferably through barter trade.  A delegation from Indonesian Sugar Association met representatives o...

Sugar output in Guyana in 2017 is expected to fall by nearly a quarter from last year to nearly 140,000 tonnes, the lowest in 27 years. It is reported by FoxNews. The decline comes as Guysuco (the State-run Guyana Sugar Corporation) struggles with a debt load of more than $ 500 million and prepares to permanently close three of its...

Kenya sugar production dropped 45% in the 11 months to November as refineries grappled with shortage of raw material, with its sale falling by almost a similar margin. It is reported by Xnews. Monthly report from sugar directorate indicates quantities dropped to 327,886 tonnes in the first 11 months from 593,666 tonnes in the corresponding period last year. The r...

It looks as if Louisiana’s sugarcane grinding season is going to be an extended one. But there is a good reason for the late finish — an exceptional sugarcane crop. It is reported by Daily Advertiser. Most years, the majority of mills complete grinding by the end of December. While some may be finished by then this year, others are scheduled to continue grindi...

The government on Tuesday reduced its forecast for Brazil's 2017/18 sugar cane crop to 635,59 million tonnes, a 3,3% fall from the prior cycle, citing a reduction in planted area. It is reported by Reuters. Sugar production is expected to reach 39,46 million tonnes this season, a 0,2% rise from the previous cycle as mills boosted the amount of cane they earmarked for pr...

India has scrapped limits on the quantity of sugar that traders can keep, a government statement said on Tuesday, indicating higher output in the year that began in October. It is reported by Reuters. India, the world's top sugar consumer, had imposed inventory limits on traders in the 2016/17 season to keep prices under control as production fell after dry weather...