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Sugar refinery to be built in Almaty Oblast A sugar factory with a capacity of 100 thousand tons per season will be built in Almaty Oblast.

24 сентября 2014

Despite rising demand, Brazil ethanol sector struggles Hobbled by rising production costs and low prices, Brazil's ethanol sector is in crisis, with many sugar mills closing despite rising demand.

01 декабря 2013

Soft drink giants failing to stop land grabs: Oxfam US soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo must make their sugar suppliers act to stop so-called land grabs in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia.

02 октября 2013

Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.

14 декабря 2012

Landless Cambodians see nothing sweet in EU sugar deal An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fuelling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.

11 июля 2012