The market research firm Ceresana forecasts the global solvent market to earn revenues of about US$33 billion in 2019. The firm highlights the dynamic economic development in emerging countries like China, India, Brazil and Russia, which ...
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Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
Two Yale University researchers have developed epitaxial distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) in nitride semiconductors with reflectivities of more than 98% [Danti Chen and Jung Han, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p221104, 2012]. Further, the ...
Chicago Rule 11 ethanol was at a 1-cent premium Tuesday to the Chicago Argo ethanol market, its highest premium in more than two months as sources said lower supply for railcars led to the higher premium. Chicago Rule 11 ethanol was ...
Huntsman Textile Effects launched two AEEA-free (amino-ethyl-ethanol-amine) alternatives for two of its key silicone softeners used in the manufacture of apparel and home textiles. As part of Huntsman’s commitment to product ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated a better way to use photosynthesis to produce ethylene, a breakthrough that could change the way materials, chemicals, and ...
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Chicago Argo and US Gulf Coast ethanol markets Wednesday fell to their lowest levels since late September on a combination of a well-supplied market and another drop in corn futures, sources said. Chicago Argo ethanol was assessed down ...
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Archer Daniels Midland saw its profits slide in the first quarter of its financial year as the US drought hit corn supplies. In the three months ended 30 September, earnings amounted to US$182m from $460m last year, the firm reported ...
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LanzaTech NZ Ltd a closely held developer of transportation fuels and chemicals from waste industrial gases, plans to begin building next year an ethanol plant at a Baosteel Group Corp. steel mill in China. Chief Executive Ms Jennifer ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights commodities data from agribusiness specialists LMC International. It also includes in-depth looks at Carrefour's operations in Spain and Wal-Mart Stores' ...
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Agribusiness giant Bunge has booked a jump in third-quarter income, which more than doubled as sales benefited from rising grain prices. The company said net earnings in the three months to the end of September rose to US$289m, up from ...
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Commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland has booked a drop in full-year profits as record corn prices hit earnings in the fourth quarter. In the three months to the end of June, net profit fell 25% to US$284m, while operating profits slid ...
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Cotton Council International(CCI)and Cotton Incorporated,in cooperation with USDA,jointly presented the seventh biennial Sourcing USA Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes,California.The event,held on November 12-16,attracted 400 delegates from 23 ...
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Back in 2006,USDA's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture published a report predicting what U.S.and world agriculture might look like in 2015.That's basically two years away from now,close enough to apply a ...