LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

LONDON/ACCRA, March 13 (Reuters) - Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning ...

Bühler’s Appenzell facility delivers cutting-edge cocoa processing technology as rising prices drive investment in local value creation worldwide. Technology company Bühler is currently experiencing a ...

Multinational agribusiness and manufacturing group, Johnvents Group, said it acquired Nigeria’s oldest cocoa processing plant with a 30,000 metric tons (Mt) capacity, the Premium Cocoa Products, ...

Cargill Ghana Limited has inaugurated a state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant at its cocoa processing facility at Tema Free Zones Enclave. The US$2.6 million investment, according to the ...

The global chocolate industry is in turmoil as major cocoa plants in Africa, the world’s top producers, are running out of beans, leading to a potential price surge for chocolate consumers worldwide.