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08.26.09
Bunge to Acquire Brazilian Sugar Ethanol Company
Bunge is in the process of acquiring the sugar and ethanol production assets of ...
08.26.09
Argentina Farmers Threaten To Strike Over Export Taxes
In Argentina, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández criticized the decision of the farm...
08.21.09
Ethanol Exports Halted in Thailand
The Thai energy ministry has asked the Thai Ethanol Producers Association to hal...
08.21.09
China to Subsidize Soy to Increase Reserve Sales
The China Grain Reserves Corp. stated this week that the government is working o...
08.21.09
Car Companies Agree to Biodiesel Blend in Thailand
In Thailand, all 13 major car companies, including Toyota, Ford, and BMW, have a...
08.21.09
Biodiesel Blend Mandate Commences in Portugal
In Portugal, fuel distributors' obligation to sell a 6% biodiesel blend at the p...
08.21.09
Crude oil rose above $74 a barrel in New York for the first time in 10 months, f...
08.19.09
Australia Reaches Agreement on Energy Policy
Australia's government agreed with opponents on Wednesday for 20% of the country...
08.19.09
Brazil Biodiesel Consumption Rises 43% in 2009
Brazil's fuel consumption climbed 0.3% year-on-year to over 13-billion gallons i...
08.19.09
Airlines to Use Renewable Fuel in Ground Equipment
Eight US airlines have signed a deal with Rentech Inc. and Aircraft Service Inte...
Bionor Looks To Jatropha in the Philippines
12.03.07
Global feedstock firm Bionor Transformacion S.A. is planning to invest $200 million in the Philippines to develop 100,000 hectares of land into jatropha plantations. The jatropha will be used as feedstock for biofuel facilities in the country.
Bionor currently operates two biodiesel plants in Spain and Italy with a combined output of 125,000 mt. The company says it is constructing an additional five plants in Spain and Brazil, which will add 900,000 mt of capacity in 2008.
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