The Rio Grande do Sul cooperative Cotrijal will invest around BRL300 million (US$58.3 million) in building a new ethanol production plant in the municipality of Não-Me-Toque, where it already produces animal feed, grains and pesticides.
Brazil – BSBios investing in new build wheat-ethanol plant in Rio Grande do Sul [Full subscriber]
Brazil’s largest biodiesel producer BSBios will build the country’s first wheat-based ethanol, according to the chief executive.
India – DCM Shriram investing over US$48 million to expand milling capacity and add backend refineries [Full subscriber]
Chemicals, sugar, and fertilizers company DCM Shriram announced on 8th November that it is planning an investment of over INR3.58 billion (US$48.3 million) to expand capacity at of one of its sugar mills and one ethanol plant as well as add a couple of backend refineries, according to local press reports.
Indonesia – Al Khaleej Sugar plans to invest US$2 billion in sugar factory complex [Full subscriber]
Dubai-based Al Khaleej Sugar Co. (AKS) plans to invest US$2 billion (IDR26.66 trillion) to build a new sugar factory along with a cogen unit and an ethanol plant, according to local press reports.
India – Vishwaraj Sugar investing US$54 million for a new sugar+ethanol plant [Full subscriber]
Vishwaraj Sugar Industries plans to build a new sugar factory and expand its existing distillery facility at Belgaum in Karnataka with an investment of ₹4 billion (US$53.8 million).
India – Praj to expand Godavari’s ethanol plant capacity by 50% to 600,000 litres/day [Full subscriber]
Praj Industries has secured an order from Godavari Biorefineries Ltd (GBL) to expand the capacity of its ethanol plant in Karnataka from 400,000 litres/day to 600,000 litres.
USA – California Ethanol + Power starts recruiting farmers to grow cane for new US$1 billion project [Full subscriber]
California Ethanol + Power recently announced that it has commenced recruiting farmers in the local Imperial Valley farming communities to secure formal commitments to grow the first 20,000 acres (8094 ha) of sugarcane feedstock for US1 billion Sugar Valley Energy project.
India – KPR invests US$68 million in new sugar + ethanol plant in Karnataka [Full subscriber]
K P R Mill has decided to establish a new sugar plus ethanol plant in Karnataka, investing INR5 billion (US$68.4 million).
Zambia – Chinese firm invests in building a new US$9 million ethanol plant [Full subscriber]
The Chinese Zhongkai International is investing US$9 million to build a new ethanol processing plant in central Zambia, according to local press reports.
USA – POET to build new US$160 mln corn-based ethanol plant [Full subscriber]
US ethanol producer Poet LLC said on 26th October that it is planning to construct a new plant in Indiana after earlier this month President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lift the ban on summer sales of E15.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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