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In Australia sugar mill operations crushed by heavy rains

In Australia heavy rains have brought crushing at five Mackay region sugar mills to a halt as growers struggle to harvest. It is reported by Daily Mercury. Widespread coastal rain has severely limited harvesting operations and all of Wilmar Sugar's eight mills had run out of cane to crush by lunchtime. Cane...


Suedzucker earnings up in its sugar and biofuels sectors

Suedzucker, Europe’s largest sugar refiner, said high revenues in its sugar and biofuels sectors helped propel a strong rise in second quarter earnings, and the company remained optimistic as the European Union’s liberalized sugar market starts. It is reported be Reuters. Suedzucker confirmed its previous forecast for group operating result in its current 2017/18 financial year of 425 to 500 million euros ($ 505-594 million) against 426 mi...


Cane crush in Brazil's Center-South region will be reduced by 8% — S&P Global Platts

In the second half of September in Brazil's Center-South region the volume of sugarcane crushed would be down 8.6% from two weeks prior, when 45,44 million tonnes were crushed. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. The amount of sugarcane crushed in Brazil's key Center-South region is expected to total 41,55 million tonnes, down 2,3% year on year. Despite l...


In Australia the sugarcane harvested area will decrease to 400,000 ha

In 2017/18 in Australia the harvested area for sugar cane is revised down to 400,000 hectares, due to the lower price and competition from other crops. It is reported by Reuters. Australian sugar cane crush for 2017/18 is forecast at 34 million MT, up 6%. Sugar production is forecast at 4,8 million tonnes, the same as the official forecast. E...


Brazil may boost ethanol output and cut sugar production

Brazil's center-south region may increase ethanol output in the current cane crop by 1 billion liters, compared to a previous estimate of 23,8 billion liters, as demand for the biofuel rises, according to a leading analyst. It is reported be Reuters. Center-south mills might cut sugar production between 500,000 and 1 million tonnes this crop as a result of higher ethanol output, Luiz Carlos Correa Carvalho, head...


Brazil's center-south region produced less sugar than expected — Unica

Brazil's center-south region crushed less cane and produced less sugar than expected in the second half of August, according to figures released by cane industry group Unica. It is reported be Reuters. Mills in the world's largest sugar-producing region crushed 38,91 mln t of cane late in August versus 45,28 mln t in the first half of the month, Unica said. Ana...


India fixes 300,000 tonne import quota for sugar mills in southern regions

India will soon permit import of 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar at a concessional rate of 25 per cent import duty against normal 40 per cent duty. Import is most likely to be permitted to sugar-starved mills in the southern states, where prices are Rs 2-2.50 higher than in Maharashtra. Business-Standard reports. South Indian mills will get the permission to import 3 lakh tonnes of sugar to be refined and sold by mid-October. New crop sugar would enter the mark...


Brazilian mills cut sugar production, boost ethanol output

Brazilian mills reduced the amount of cane they use to produce sugar in the first half of August, increasing the use of the raw material for ethanol production as demand and prices for the biofuel improved, cane industry group Unica said. Reuters reports about it. Mills in Brazil’s center-south region, the country’s main cane belt, earmarked 50,04 percent of cane in the first half of August to sugar production, the small...

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