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Soufflet Group to invest in Ukrainian port
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fourth largest sea port, state-owned Illichivsk, to upgrade infrastructure at the port, and build a grain terminal with up to 1.2 million
tonnes of capacity.
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subsidiary, for 10 to 30 years as part of a competitive selection process to have foreign investors overhaul the country's state-owned
ports, Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarskiy told the Kyiv Post.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Alex Pavlenko said that the
signing of the agreement is a positive signal to foreign investors. He

stressed that these joint projects are extremely important and enhance
export potential. He said Ukraine is one of the leading exporters and
stressed that this year it exported a record 34 million tonnes of grain.
The port had 17.6 million tonnes of freight turnover last year, according to the State Statistics Service. However, its freight capacity
exceeds 30 million tonnes and its 29 berths allow ships with tonnage
of up to 100,000 tonnes to be handled.
Overall, Ukraine's ports have the capacity to handle 262 million
tonnes of freight yearly, whereas the total turnover last year was 144
million tonnes.
NWG is a joint venture of Australian agricultural group ABB
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IFC invests to revitalize grain production in Zambia
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. - IFC, a member of the World Bank
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help the company expand its grain production to become a market
leader in Zambia, and eventually outside its home market. Agrivision
is an investee company of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed
agribusiness group Zeder Investments.
IFC will provide a $20 million equity investment in Agrivision to
support its $30 million expansion program. The IFC investment supports modernization of existing grain production operations, contributing to increased food security by helping expand the agricultural
and food processing industry in Zambia.
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pected to create jobs, contribute to the smaller businesses in the local
economy, and apply IFC's high environmental and social standards.
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IFC brings, Agrivision will expand to become a leader in its market
and demonstrate the opportunities in Zambia's agricultural sector,"
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Agrivision Africa, formerly named Chayton Africa, focuses on largescale commercial farming of wheat, soybeans and maize (corn) as well
as milling in Zambia. It produces 20,000 tonnes of maize, 12,000 tonnes
of soybeans, and 30,000 tonnes of wheat per year. It also has a mill that
processes annually 40,000 tonnes of maize and 20,000 tonnes of wheat.
Agrivision owns 18,000 hectares of land of which 5,568 hectares is suitable for grain cultivation and 4,368 hectares is irrigated land.

CWB pours concrete for Pasqua elevator
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA - CWB announced on May 22 that the pouring of the concrete slip
for its state-of-the-art grain elevator located near Pasqua,
Saskatchewan, Canada, is now under way. Situated approximately 10 kilometers east of Moose Jaw on Highway
39, the Pasqua concrete pour follows quickly on the heels
of CWB's St. Adolphe, Manitoba, pour completed earlier
in May.
The Pasqua elevator pour began on May 20, and the
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a continuous pour of one foot of concrete per hour. The
elevator will feature 42,000 tonnes of storage, cleaning facilities and a 134-car loop track with car loading capacity
of more than 1,600 tonnes per hour.
The construction of CWB's Pasqua elevator was announced last September and is on track to begin receiving
grain in March 2016. The elevator is situated on the CP
Railway mainline, providing CWB with rail access to its
assets in eastern Canada, U.S. markets, and the west coast.
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CWB in May started pouring the concrete slip for its state-of-the-art grain elevator
located near Pasqua, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo courtesy of CWB.
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