Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that Kyocera is completing Brazil’s largest highway solar-lighting project on the Arco Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro, a highway project connecting the five main highways ...
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A new study has found that there may be health benefits to consuming whole-fat dairy products. Published in the latest Journal of Nutrition, scientists discovered making full-fat dairy as part of a diet can lower the chances of an ...
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US ethanol imports in September jumped to 168.31 million liters (44.4 million gallons), up 41% from August and double the volumes in the year-ago month, US Census Bureau data showed. The data includes all ethanol types except for beverage ...
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Six consecutive days of nonstop rain in Brazil's Santos port has hampered vessels' loading operations and is likely to reduce the pace of discharge in the terminals, according to Kingsman, an agricultural analysis unit of Platts. Since ...
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Sugarcane crush volumes in the key Center-South region of Brazil in the second half of October are expected to total 37.91 million mt, according to a Platts survey of analysts. The consensus estimate accounts for an average of three days ...
Brazil exported 46.9 million liters of ethanol to Europe in October, the most it had exported to the region on a monthly basis since October 2010, data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) showed Monday. Of that total, 33.6 ...
Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco may be out of iron ore pellets within three weeks following a fatal tailings dam collapse last week, a source familiar with the company said Monday. An indefinite stoppage could affect global pellet ...
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"This year's Beijing Fringe Festival is more diverse and more international," said Meng Jinghui, mastermind behind the event, now in its eighth year. The festival, which runs until Sept 26 in six theatres and art spaces in Beijing, will ...
Pakistan is set to regain ground in the Asian beverage-grade ethanol market amid recent surge in Brazilian ethanol -- the predominant source of grade B product currently, market sources said Tuesday. With several Pakistani sellers set to ...
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Hydrous fuel ethanol prices in Center-South Brazil surged on Tuesday to be assessed by Platts at Real 1,950/cu m on ex-mill Ribeirao Preto, up 7% from a week ago and a new all-time high. Hydrous fuel ethanol is used in Brazil as a ...
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Dry conditions continue to slow Brazil's soybean planting season. Although sowing has advanced, forecasts indicate that the rains will remain irregular, and producers may have to work on replanting. In Mato Grosso, which is the largest ...
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Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported consolidated financial results for its third quarter, ending 27 September 2015. Sonoco president and CEO Jack Sanders said: "We are encouraged by the ...
On May 19, 2015, China-Brazil Commercial Summit was held in Brasilia successfully. The summit was sponsored by Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Brazilian President Dilma ...
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People’s Bank of China published the statement on improving the quotation of the middle exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar on August 11. RMB depreciates against US dollars almost 4.6% in 4 days. This is the biased correction ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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