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Sugar Prices Retreat on Rain Forecasts for Brazil

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Monday closed down -0.46 (-2.00%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed down -6.70 (-1.16%). Sugar prices retreated Monday as rain forecasts for Brazil sparked long liquidation in sugar futures. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said Monday that substantial showers are expected...

Barchart · Oct 7, 2024

Meet the microbes that transform toxic carbon monoxide into valuable biofuel

Microbes are hungry. All the time. And they live everywhere, in enormous numbers. We might not see them with the naked eye, but they are in soils, lakes, oceans, hydrothermal vents, our homes, and even in and on our own bodies. And they don’t just hang out there. They are…

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2024

Sugar Prices Retreat on Dollar Strength

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Friday closed down -0.23 (-0.99%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed down -7.10 (-1.22%). Sugar prices Friday fell back from 1-week highs and turned lower after the dollar index (DXY00 ) jumped to a 7-week high, prompting long liquidation...

Barchart · Oct 4, 2024

Sugar Supported by a Surge in Crude Prices

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.36 (+1.60%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is up +2.30 (+0.40%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher due to a surge in crude oil prices. WTI crude (CLX24 ) is up more than +4% today, which...

Barchart · Oct 1, 2024

Why corn ethanol is worse for the climate than petrol

Ethanol made from maize has been touted as a green fuel, but a closer look at its production puts paid to this claim

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

Down 45% YTD, Is This Beaten-Down Energy Stock Ready to Bounce Back?

This energy stock is down 45% in 2024, but the second half of this year could be better.

Barchart · Sep 8, 2024

This Unassuming Bus Is An EREV That Runs On Ethanol–The World’s First

It has a tiny combustion engine, a generator and an LFP battery pack.

InsideEVs · Sep 6, 2024

Sugar Prices Fall on Doubts About Global Economic Growth

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) is down -0.17 (-0.93%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) is down -7.80 (-1.46%). Bearish factors for sugar today include sharply lower crude oil prices (CLU24 ) and concern about the global economic outlook. Lower crude oil prices undercut ethanol...

Barchart · Jul 23, 2024

Where is the Energy Sector Heading in Q3 and Beyond?

After falling 21.85% in 2023, the energy sector of the commodities market posted its second consecutive quarterly gain in Q2 2024. While natural gas and ethanol led the sector higher in Q2, all energy commodities posted gains over the first six months of 2024 except for Rotterdam coal.

Barchart · Jul 18, 2024

Tons of dead fish cover major Sao Paulo river after alleged dumping of industrial waste

Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024