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January 5, 2016Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/8zMfFC

Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV) and San Paolo State University (Unesp) have developed a new type of concrete that is cheaper and much less polluting to the environment, reports Sugaronline.

They have done so by swapping in sugar cane straw ash, a…

January 5, 2016Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/D7Gl8t

About 470 sugar mills in operation had produced 7.985 million tonnes of sugar till December 31, 2015, 6.5% higher than last season's production, the Indian Sugar Mills Assocation (ISMA) said on Monday, according to India's The Hindu newspaper.

In 2014/15 sugar season, 490 sugar mills had produced 7.495 million…

January 4, 2016Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/a2FPMW

Pakistan sugar exports are likely to take a hit as an 8% jump in local prices in a fortnight could discourage mills from signing new deals despite a government mandate for overseas sales of 500,000 tonnes, according to Pakistan's The News International.

Price of sugar increased PKR4 (US$0.04)/kg in the wholesale…

January 4, 2016Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/U5cUHx

Frequent rain and muddy conditions made the closing sugar-cane harvesting season a rough one for area farmers and mill operators, according to Louisiana's Thibodaux Daily Comet newspaper.

"It was a bad grind because of all the mud," said Bobby Gravois, a sugar-cane farmer in Thibodaux.

While the first two…

January 4, 2016Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/GvWNLv

Global Business Power Corp., the energy unit of the Metrobank Group, said it is expanding its power generation projects this year with the addition of a 150-megawatt coal plant capacity in Iloilo City in August, according to the Philippines' Standard newspaper.

The company is also pursuing the construction…