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Canadian craft brewers scramble for aluminum cans
Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. aluminum are making them a hot commodity
Canadian microbreweries are facing a shortage of cans and higher costs, forcing some to cut beer production after the country imposed retaliatory import duties on U.S. aluminum imports in the busy summer season. Though Canada is the world’s third-biggest aluminum producer and cans are made in the country, beer makers also rely on the import
Olam’s cocoa purchase raises supply, price volatility concerns
New York | Reuters –– Olam’s US$1.3 billion deal to buy rival Archer Daniels Midland’s cocoa processing business may reduce liquidity in the niche cocoa bean trade, raising concerns about volatile prices and a potential shake-up of customer relationships. In the biggest deal to roil the cocoa trade in recent years, Olam scooped up a

Fungus damage to Peru’s coffee crop lifts premium
Lima/New York | Reuters — The premium for coffee grown in Peru, one of the world’s top high-quality arabica growers, is nearing a three-year high after a tree-killing fungus ate into more of its crop than expected, delaying shipments, industry sources say. Peru’s harvest kicked off in April at low-altitude plantations — the most vulnerable
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