The European Commission has scrapped anti-dumping duties (ADD) on ethanol imports originating from the US. This has prompted sharply divergent assessments of the potential impact on European producers, with the […]
Argentina – Government raises prices of corn- and cane-based fuel ethanol [Registered]
The Argentine government on 10 May raised prices for the purchase of bioethanol made from sugarcane or corn for mandatory blending with gasoline, reported Reuters.
Methane-eating bacteria paves way for cost-effective production of methanol [Full subscriber]
Now, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that the catalyst for the methane-methanol conversion induces this complex reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion.
Competitive isobutanol production process using supercritical carbon dioxide as solvent [Registered]
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts have developed a novel process using an unorthodox solvent and engineered microbe to produce isobutanol economically.
India – 2018/19 will see ethanol blend exceeding 7% [Registered]
India is set to close in on the highest ever ethanol blend in gasoline of 7.2% in the current season (December 2018 – November 2019), according to local press reports.
Brazil – FS Bioenergia invests US$257 million in new corn-ethanol plant [Full subscriber]
Brazil’s largest grain-producing state Mato Grosso will see an investment of BRL 1 billion (US$257 million) by FS Bioenergia in the building of the company’s third corn-ethanol plant in Nova Mutum, according to Valor Economico.
Brazil – Two new plants to drive corn ethanol production by 65% [Full subscriber]
Corn ethanol production is expected to increase from 840 million litres in 2018 to 1.4 billion litres in 2019, according to Ricardo Tomczyk, president of the National Union of Ethanol from Corn (Unem).
USA – EPA unveils a plan to increase ethanol-gasoline blend to 15% [Registered]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 12th March released its proposed rule ending the summertime ban of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline, a move requested by President Donald Trump to help corn growers that supply the raw material for the biofuel.
Netherlands – Shell joins consortium to build €200 million methanol plant in Rotterdam [Registered]
A consortium of companies comprising Enerkem, Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) and the Port of Rotterdam, has announced that Shell will become an equal equity partner in Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals and biofuels plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
India – Sugar mills to supply 510 million litres of ethanol processed from cane juice [Registered]
Measures taken by the Indian government in 2018 to boost ethanol production in the country are already resulting in an increase in contracted supply volumes, according to local press reports.
Monthly Snapshot
Market overview Over the past month, the sugar market continues to be informed by market fundamentals. On 18th April, the May contract settled at 12.76 cents/lb. With the analysts LMC […]
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