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May 22 2013
Ukraine - 2013/14 beet acreage to decrease by 25%
Combination of low sugar price, lack of export markets and high production cost is likely to result in beet acreage decreasing from 450,000 hectares in the previous year to 350,000 ha in 2013, according to the recent USDA report. This will probably result in beet sugar production declining by 20%. Sugar production in 2012/13 was 2.1 million tonnes.
Read Article >>Advances in synthetic biology akin to new "industrial revolution"
Researchers at Imperial College London report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new 'parts' for microscopic biological factories from 2 days to only 6 hours. These factories have a wealth of applications including better drug delivery treatments for patients, enhancements in the way that minerals are mined from deep underground and advances in the production of biofuels.
Read Article >>EU Regulators confirm antitrust raids on sugar producers in April
Several EU white sugar producers were raided by regulators on April 23 this year on suspicion of taking part in a cartel, the EU's anti-trust chief Joaquin Almunia has confirmed.
Read Article >>BASF licences Genomatica's technology to produce biobased 1,4-butanediol
BASF plans to begin production of biobased 1,4-butanediol (BDO) using the patented process of the start-up Genomatica. The one-step fermentation process is based on plant sugars.
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