raw materials

Africa increasingly hungry for imported rice

Published on : 19/01/2022 – 00:42 Africa could import a record 20 million tonnes of rice this year. And this because of local production which suffered last year and a demand which continues to increase. On the plates of African consumers, we should find this year more imported rice than usual. Africa could absorb 40% … Read more

Algeria turns away from French wheat

Published on : 17/01/2022 – 00:31 Algeria, one of the largest buyers of wheat in the world, had until then a preference for French wheat. But question of competitiveness or geopolitics, Algiers today prefers to buy on the side of the Black Sea. Has wheat become a reflection of the complexity of France-Algeria relations? Commodity … Read more

The merger of the Daewoo and Hyundai shipyards blocked by the European Union

Published on : 14/01/2022 – 08:36 After more than two years of in-depth investigation, the European Commission opposed the marriage of the two South Korean behemoths for fear that this union would increase the cost of transporting LNG. The European Commission had worried about the impact on oil tankers or container ships, for example, but … Read more

Mineral raw materials: France wants to secure its supplies

Published on : 12/01/2022 – 00:23 Because shortages are not just a concept, but a reality, France is putting itself in battle order to secure its supplies of critical mineral raw materials for the 2030 horizon, in particular those used to manufacture batteries. The next world will be carbon-free, but rich in metals! This finding … Read more