Change in commodity futures prices in 2018: Cocoa (+28%); Wheat (+17.9%); Maize (+6.9%); Natural gas (-0.4%); Gold (-2.1%); Soyabeans (-2.1%); Cotton (-8.2%); Rough rice (-13.6%); Platinum (-14.8%); Arabica coffee (-19.3%); Brent crude oil (-19.6%); Copper (-20.3%); Sugar (-20.3%); LafargeHolcim is expanding cement production capacity in Cameroon to 2.1million tonnes from 1.6 million tonnes to compete more aggressively with Dangote which plans to boost capacity to 3 million tonnes within 3 years

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Record sugar prices provide sweet treat for Sucrivoire’s IPO

September 30, 2016

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FrancTrade view: The IPO of Sucrivoire could not have come at a better time in sugar markets with raw sugar price rising this week to their highest level since March 2012. Sugar prices have rocketed higher on concerns over production deficits in top producers Brazil and India. Paris based Sucden and Denrees, one of the

New entrant into Cameroon’s sugar market will not ruffle the status-quo

August 29, 2016

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International Sugar Company (INSUCO) has entered the Cameroon sugar market, according to information we gleaned from the business website Investir au Cameroun. According to the site, INSUCO, which reportedly is affiliated to Louis Dreyfus, will initially produce 45 tonnes of refined sugar a day which it hopes to increase significantly in 2017. We calculate that