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A total of 544,524 tonnes of cane has been crushed by the three sugar mills as of yesterday. It is reported by FBC News. The Fiji Sugar Corporation says this is an increase in cumulative crush compared to 465,015 tonnes for the same period last year. Nationally, mill performance remains...

The French government will propose lifting a ban on certain pesticides blamed for harming bees to protect sugar beet crops that have been ravaged by insects this year, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. The government plans to support a legislative amendment in parliament later this year to exempt sugar beet for up to three years from a general ban on neonicotinoids, the...

Fiji exported 30,000 tonnes of sugar to the United Kingdom and Europe market. It is reported by FBC news. The Fiji Sugar Corporation has reported that this is the first bulk of sugar export for the year. 17,000 tonnes was loaded from Labasa and 13,000 tonnes from the Laut...

Currently, Shepetivka Sugar Refinery carries out an important reconstruction, thanks to which significant savings of costs and losses in sugar beet supply for production.  It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «We are approaching the beet storage silo to the refinery. Thus, the transportation distance will be reduced: previously it was about...

In July 2020, «Krasyliv Sugar Refinery» PC, founded in 1842, officially joined the “sweet” family of «A’SPIK Group», connecting with «Starokostiantynivcukor» LLC and «Shepetivka Sugar» LLC. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. Thus, the production complex became the third and the oldest sugar refinery in the group of companies. In order to prepare the refinery, which...

Egypt will aim to import 600,000-700,000 tonnes of sugar in the 2020-2021 financial year which began on July 1, an agriculture ministry official said on Sunday. It is reported by Reuters. During the last season, Egypt planted 340,000 feddans of sugar cane and more than 600,000 feddans of sugar beet, Mostafa Abdel Gawad, the head of the ministry’s sug...

«Astarta-Kyiv» received the award for leadership in energy management, according to the results of the international competition Energy Management Leadership Awards, which since 2016 has been organizing the global forum Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) – an international organization that brings together representatives of ministries of energy of 25 countries worldwide, the Europea...

Sugar beet — valuable technical crop, the main source of raw materials for sugar production. It is reported by press-service of the company. Sugar beet growing season is in full swing. Phytosanitary supervision of sugar beet crops is constantly carried out. As of July 13, sugar bee...

«A’SPIK Group» will enter the retail market under the eponymous “sweet” brand. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. In particular, Khmelnytsk sugar producers have already launched a line of packing a “sweet product” of their own produ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering provision of an additional USD10 million tranche to «Astarta». It is reported by press service of the bank. According to the report, these funds will be used to create additional liquidity cushion during the COVID-19 crisis.  The EBRD said the loa...