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Dubai’s Al Khaleej Sugar Refinery has agreed to build a major agro-industrial complex to produce beet sugar under a deal signed with the Egyptian government. It is reported by Reuters. The project, named Al Canal Sugar, will be located only about 200 km (125 miles) from its market, Jamal al-Ghurair, managing director of the refinery, told. Investment...

Last week, ANWIL produced the 30-millionth tonn of nitrogenous fertilisers. ANWIL, with regard to the production capacity, is the second producer of nitrogenous fertilisers in Poland and the tenth in Europe. It is reported by the press-service of the company. The Włocławek ORLEN Group company started the production of nitrogenous fertilisers 47 years ago, and the first tonn of ammonium nitrate was prod...

The tax on imported sugar, as stipulated by the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), will be maintained at 5 per cent from the beginning of this year. It is reported by vietnamnews. According to the Việt Nam Sugar and Sugarcane Association (VSSA), this was a good sign for the local sugar industry, as they would face difficulties if the tax w...

In Southern India sugar mills are reeling under low production and extremely low cane crushing capacity utilisation. It is reported by SmartInvestor. While drought has resulted in low capacity utilisation due to lower cane availability, the mills are also having to deal with increasing fixed cost and price falls,...

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...