QUFU, China - December 17, 2012 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. "Sunwin" (OTCQB:SUWN), one of the top global providers of high quality stevia extracts including Rebaudioside A 98, announced today that the company expects sales and operating income to improve in fiscal 2014 which begins on May 1, 2013 as worldwide demand for stevia is forecasted to rise and supply chain pricing pressures begin to ease. Sunwin Stevia sees fiscal 2014 revenue reaching $18 million in annual sales with $2 million in net operating income.

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Solazyme Successfully Scales Renewable Oil Fermentation to 500,000 Liters at ADM Clinton, Iowa Facility

Solazyme, Inc. (SZYM), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today the successful completion of multiple initial fermentations at ADM’s Clinton, Iowa facility. In these runs, Solazyme achieved commercial scale production metrics, exhibited linear scalability of its process from laboratory scale, and demonstrated the ability to run at this scale without contamination. The fermentations were conducted in approximately 500,000-liter vessels, which are about four times the scale of the vessels in Solazyme’s Peoria facility. Solazyme is initially targeting annual production of 20,000 metric tons of oil starting in early 2014 at the ADM facility, with targeted expansion to 100,000 metric tons.

 The Rare Earth Exploration Space in 2013: A Well- Positioned Company

I just returned from two speaking engagements in London. One issue is abundantly clear. Financing opportunities for most discovery juniors are non-existent and it is imperative that a junior mining company wishing to survive the current capital drought exhibit two factors.  

These are financial sustainability (cash is king, today) and robust project economics.  While most discovery stories seem compelling, at the end of the day they’re just stories.  To ensure survival of the thousands of junior mining companies today, more "meat on the bone" is a musti. Our discussions with institutional money managers in North America and Europe lead us to believe that unless you're a near-term or early-stage producer of gold and silver, nobody cares even at these severely depressed share prices. I think this short term thinking is a mistake as someone who has focused on the industrial metals and minerals sector.

Written by Chris Berry, MBA - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]

Point Roberts, WA - December 13, 2012 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research for independent investors issues a news alert for agriculture stevia stock, Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. (OTCQB:SUWN) and WILD Flavors Gmbh , its worldwide distribution partner and developer of Sunwin Stevia™ sweeteners using Sunwin Stevia™ extracts .WILD Flavors GmbH, based in Zug, Switzerland, is one of the world's leading privately-owned manufacturers of natural ingredients for the food and beverage industry.