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Hunt on for low-cost ethanol
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 13/06/2017
» Thai Roong Ruang Sugar Group is seeking technology to produce ethanol from an alternative raw material, bagasse, in order to make use of waste from the sugar industry and increase Thailand's ethanol production at a lower cost.
New sugar trading system from November
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 24/05/2017
» Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, is introducing regulations to govern its sugar trading system for the 2017-18 crop, which commences in November, to bring the system in line with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
Farmers reap gains from sugar cane
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 26/04/2017
» Better yields have given Thailand abundant sugar output in the current 2016-17 crop, allowing the world's second-biggest sugar exporter to capitalise on rising global prices, says the Thai Sugar Millers Corporation Ltd (TSMC).
Mitr Phol in research push
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 04/02/2017
» Mitr Phol Group, Asia's biggest sugar producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) on working together to cultivate researchers and bring the company's business into the Thailand 4.0 era.
Buriram Sugar eyes infrastructure fund
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 20/01/2017
» SET-listed miller Buriram Sugar Plc (BRR) has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an infrastructure fund to raise money for the expansion of its core sugar business as well as its renewable power business.
Sugar yield quells ethanol shortage fear
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 16/01/2017
» Ethanol shortage concerns in Thailand have subsided on the good sugar yield from the latest sugar cane crop, providing abundant molasses for the ethanol industry, says a senior industrial official.
Bad weather threatens to put a damper on sugar harvest
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 08/12/2016
» Unfavourable weather has delayed Thailand's sugar crushing season, threatening a reduction in sugar output for the 2016/17 crop.
Sugar output down as global prices rise
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 26/10/2016
» The recent drought has cut sugar cane production in Thailand, the world's second largest sugar exporter, raising concerns about falling sugar output at a time when global sugar prices are on a rising trend, according to the Thai Sugar Millers Corporation Ltd (TSMC).
Aquatic weed may feed biofuel boom
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 24/10/2016
» A Thai researcher has succeeded in producing ethanol from water hyacinth and is aiming to develop the technology needed to commercialise the fuel.
Thailand to overhaul sugar policy
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 19/09/2016
» Thailand, the world's second largest sugar exporter after Brazil, is to overhaul its sugar production and distribution systems for the first time in more than three decades in order to avoid being challenged by Brazil at the World Trade Organization (WTO).