PanXchange® Sand: Benchmarks & Analysis 12.30.2019

In the Northern White market, 100m prices fell by 2% this week while 40/70m fell by 1% in contrast with last week’s price increases.

In the Permian, FOB Kermit 100m rose by 1.0%, local 40/70m rose by 0.5% and FOB NW Odessa 40/70m prices remained relatively flat. We expect demand to pick up as E&Ps gear up for next year’s drilling inventory.

PanXchange® Hemp: Benchmarks & Analysis – Dec 2019

Biomass markets continue to bifurcate between two markets: 1) the market transacting at fair market values dictated by supply and demand; 2) a market rife with desperate sellers and opportunist buyers. Because of this fragmentation, recent transaction prices vary widely. In general, homogenized biomass prices have continued to soften, with prices across the country firmly at or below $1 per percentage point of CBD. Nontheless, the bid/ask spread has narrow since last month as product has been forced to move and buyers and sellers found common ground.

Africa Newsletter 12-23-19

Koppert Biological Systems (Kenya) has won the tender to distribute Aflasafe – a chemical that is used to suppress aflatoxin in grains. The firm, headquartered in Netherlands with a subsidiary in Kenya, won the tender through competitive bidding conducted by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation (Kalro).