In May, 2008, a German grain analyst cornered me at a cocktail party in Kiev and demanded to know when the Board of Trade was going to force convergence of soft red wheat futures with cash market prices. I replied, “Prices will converge when someone wants to buy lots of it” and headed for the appetizers. Hundreds of Europeans had […]
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From APROSOJA (www.aprosoja.com.br) Bing Translated Link to original Portuguese version: http://www.aprosoja.com.br/comunicacao/release/empresa-da-transoceanica-entende-mais-sobre-mato-grosso (When Brazil ramped up its ethanol production in 2006 to meet US demand to replace MTBE in US gasoline, several railroad projects and a few pipeline proposals were floated to meet the investment/transportation demand. As far as I know, none was ever completed. Brazil has struggled with its rail […]
Read moreFrom SovEcon Bing Translated (RBC is a leading Russian media company offering business news. Mr. Sizov, founder of SovEcon in 1991, has been an […]
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Brazilian non-diesel fuel use in 2014 grew by more than 5% versus 2013 use. If it grows by 4.5% in 2015, gasoline imports likely will be needed and higher use of domestic ethanol will be needed, limiting exports. Braz Fuel (click to download pdf)
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