MINING Goldcorp CEO Chuck Jeannes “Our Balance Sheet Is In Great Shape”»
NBA LeBron James Scored 32 Points; Miami Defeated San Antonio 103 – 100 In OT»
New York City, NY - The two day conference will provide both an in-depth look at each sector and a broad perspective on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the related industries on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14th-15th in New York City. The conference will be hosted by Food analyst Ken Zaslow, Fertilizer analyst Joel Jackson, [...]
Some French professionals of the sector believe that the price of orange juice and other fruit for juicing increased significantly due to Brazil’s virtual monopoly on orange juice. Prices of oranges increased 55% in four years, 115% for grapefruit and 60% for apples, according to the French inter-sector partnership (UNIJUS). Prospects are no better for 2013, [...]
In 2012, the Dominican Republic exported about 300,000 tons of banana to the European Union nations, making it their main supplier, according to Ekaterina Krivonos from the Trading and Markets Division of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO). Director of Fruits and Banana Research Centre, Prof. Salah Babikir, said Sudan sought South [...]
The area’s fruit crop faced severe consequences last year when an early warm-up occurred, causing the plant maturation process to accelerate. A series of cold snaps then caused damage to many of the crops. “Everyone is expecting a better crop this year” and “The winter damage was minimal” and “We don’t have problems like last [...]
CHICAGO, IL — Dozens of leading sponsorship and marketing executives from the world’s biggest brands took the stage over four days of presentations to discuss sponsorship at IEG’s (www.sponsorship.com) 30th annual sponsorship conference. The event, themed Über Sponsorship: Break the Mold and Shape the Future, took place this week in Chicago and consisted of nearly 100 sessions, [...]
ARGENTINA - Growers from Mendoza, Argentina, are expecting to harvest a lot of fruit in the 2012/13 season, especially those devoted to dried plums and peaches for fresh consumption. An estimated 211,103 tonnes of plums for processingare expected; 4 times as much as last season, and also 100,703 tonnes of peaches to be exact. Statistics from [...]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer in terms of sales, plans to open 100 new stores over the next three years in China, in a bid to maintain its growth momentum, which is being driven by the emerging middle class. Mike Duke, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart, said in Beijing on Thursday [...]
According to information provided by the Fruit Exporters Association of Chile AG, ASOEX, during the 2011-2012 season (from September 1st, 2011 to August 31st, 2012), national fresh fruit shipments to the Asian market had an increase of 10.7%, going from 344,006 tons in 2010-2011 to 380,718 tons in this campaign. Within Asia the markets with [...]
Between January and August 2012, Peruvian exports of mandarins recorded an increase of 35% over the same period of 2011, totaling a value of USD 50 million. Similarly, a study done by the Foreign Trade Society of Peru (COMEXPERU) indicated that between 2009 and 2012, in the period from January to August, there was an [...]
Pakistani mango exporters are determined to abandon the U.S. market after only one season. The extremely stringent requirements would reduce margins, according to industry experts. But if exports are paralyzed, it could prove embarrassing for efforts that started in 2010, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered to help Pakistan export the fruit in an [...]
![[Most Recent Quotes from www.kitco.com]](http://www.kitconet.com/images/quotes_special.gif)
