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Chinese EVs bet they can dethrone Japan brands in Thailand
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/04/2024
» TOKYO - Standing in front of a large crowd at last month’s Bangkok International Motor Show, an executive from Hozon New Energy Automobile Co promised to double sales in Thailand to 30,000 electric vehicles (EVs) this year.
Sugar outlook worsens as yields slide after dry spell
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/02/2024
» Thailand’s sugar output is set to be even lower than expected this season after dry weather stunted growth, which will squeeze global supply and could extend a rally in benchmark futures.
Higher sugar prices pose new threat to food inflation
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2023
» Sugar, consumed in everything from chocolate to fizzy drinks and baked products, is becoming ever more expensive, raising costs for the industry and keeping up pressure on global food inflation.
Sugar output heads for 3-year high on bigger crop
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/03/2022
» Sugar production in Thailand, a top exporter of the sweetener, is heading for a three-year high after an end to two years of drought-like weather conditions improved crop prospects.
Cyclone Debbie slams into Australia, thousands evacuated
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/03/2017
» MELBOURNE/SYDNEY -- The strongest cyclone in six years smashed into the coast of the northern state of Queensland on Tuesday, forcing thousands of Australians to evacuate or seek emergency shelter and prompting some of the world’s biggest miners to halt coal operations.
El Nino seen returning in July
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2017
» HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR - El Nino may develop by July as forecasters worldwide predict the pattern that can disrupt global weather is set to return this year.
Oil rally makes desserts expensive when cane becomes a fuel
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/06/2016
» This year’s rebound in oil prices has an unlikely victim: the dessert plate.
As El Niño exits, La Niña looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2016
» BOSTON — Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Niño and La Niña that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide.
Mekong water crisis compounded by rice-killing drought
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/04/2016
» HANOI -- The 3.6 hectares in southern Vietnam that double as rice paddy and shrimp pond for farmer Nguyen Thi Tam have become a wasteland. After the worst drought in 90 years, almost nothing grows.
Drought seen shrinking sugar cane yield to 4-year low
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/02/2016
» Drought is set to cut the country’s sugar cane crop to the lowest in at least four years, curbing production of the sweetener as forecasts for a global deficit increase.