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Indian cabinet approved a proposal to give subsidies to cane farmers for produce they sell to sugar mills, a government source said, as part of efforts to help growers and companies struggling with a glut. It is reported by Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration decided to give 55 rupees ($0.82) for every tonne of cane sold to the mills. As a drop in local sugar prices to their...

Sugar merchant Alvean said on Friday it has signed a long-term raw sugar sales contract with Dubai's Al Khaleej Sugar, owner and operator of the world's largest sugar refinery. It is reported by Reuters. Al Khaleej has had a long-term relationship with one of Alvean's shareholders, Copersucar, for nearly two decades. «The relationship, now lying with Alvean,...

Brazil's center-south, the world's largest sugar producing region, sped up harvesting in the first half of April, crushing a quarter more cane than in the same period a year earlier, industry group Unica said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Mills crushed 22,21 million tonnes of cane in the first two weeks of April versus 17,7 million tonnes a year earlier, allocating 68,5 percent of that cane to ethanol prod...

After a several-month break Agara Sugar factory will resume operation from June 1, announces the office of Georgia’s business ombudsman and Agara Sugar company. It is reported by «Sputnik Georgia». All employees of the factory will return to their jobs. The Georgian government and the founders of Agara Sugar company negotiated with the...

The step-by-step launch of Severodonetsk «Azot» is scheduled for the end of May or the beginning of June this year. It is confirmed by the head of the trade union of the company Valeriy Chernysh, «UA: DONBAS» reports. The possibility of implementing this project was discussed on April 24, at the...

Odessa Port Plant (OPP) has stopped carbamide production on its both units. The reason is the lack of warehouse space for produced carbamide storage. It is stated by Mykola Schurikov, the first deputy director of the OPP, on his Facebook page. He adds that in order to reduce the selling price of products, "it is necessary to lower the...

In January-March 2018, Ukrainian sugar confectionery production totaled 16,5 thousand tonnes (-3,4% compared to the same period of 2017). It is reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. According to the data, in March this year, 6,1 thousand tonnes of sugar confectionery products were produced (+33,1% compared with&nb...

As of April 20, 2018, Sumy region began sugar beet sowing. It is reported by the Agricultural Department of Sumy Regional State Administration. In Sumy region, sugar beet were sown on the area of 1,0 thousand hectares, which is 19% of t...

Rogers Sugar Inc. (the «Corporation» or «Rogers Sugar») is pleased to announce a two-year extension to the existing agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers («ASBG») covering the 2019 and 2020 crops. It is reported by Nasdaq. Established in 1950, the Taber operation is the only sugar beet processing facility in Canada and employs 135 Albertans full time. In addition, approximately 240 seasonal...

Philippine raw-sugar output in the current crop year (CY) has reached 1,584 million tonnes, 11,3 percent lower than the 1,786 million tonnes recorded a year ago, the latest data from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) showed. It is reported by BusinessMirror. Preliminary data released by the SRA showed that raw-sugar production from September 1, 2017 to April 1 amounted to 31,869 million 50-kilogram bags (Lkg), from 35,...