Commodities
Bühler joins WBCSD
(Posted on 27/03/19)Bühler has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a global network of nearly 200 forward-thinking companies. By connecting with WBCSD, Bühler can make a real impact on global corporate sustainability and on providing the growing world population with the nourishment and mobility solutions...
Rusal invests over RUB500 million
(Posted on 27/03/19)RUSAL, one of the leading global aluminium producers, completes preparations for construction of the pilot plant to produce innovative material for the cable industry at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery (AGK) – fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH) – with a capacity of 5,000 tpa. Project investments will amount to...
Women in forestry
(Posted on 27/03/19)Australia’s Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers directors Shauna Black and Keith Lamb recently attended a recent Women in Forestry Industries workshop in Canberra around the International Women’s Day theme – Balance for Better.More than 100 attendees discussed ways to achieve better gender balance in forestry in...
The future of trading is (more) female
(Posted on 16/03/19)If you talk to women in trading and risk management roles across Cargill, you will hear a range of ideas for how to improve gender inclusion.Ensuring that men and women are paid the same for the same performance is crucial. So is a flexible work schedule to balance hectic hours monitoring positions in the market with one’s...
ADM and Cargill complete agreement
(Posted on 16/03/19)Archer Daniels Midland Company and Cargill have successfully completed their transaction, formally launching Grainbridge, LLC. The joint venture will develop digital tools to help North American farmers consolidate information on production economics and grain marketing activities into a single digital platform, at no cost to them...
BHP invests in emissions reduction company
(Posted on 16/03/19)BHP has announced a US$6m equity investment in Carbon Engineering Ltd (CE), a Canadian-based company leading the development of Direct Air Capture, an innovative technology which has the potential to deliver large-scale negative emissions by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The investment will see BHP obtain a share...