Workers lift strike at French biodiesel plants
PARIS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Workers at two plants totalling nearly a third of France's biodiesel production capacity voted to lift a strike on Tuesday after several weeks of protests over work conditions and wages, a spokesman for the plants' operator said.
The strike, which started on Oct. 5 in the Grand-Couronne plant with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, had brought production to a standstill.
German 2011/12 sugar output seen up sharply
HAMBURG, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Germany's refined sugar output in the current 2011/12 season will rise to 4.67 million tonnes, from 3.44 million tonnes in 2010/11, Germany's sugar industry association WVZ said on Tuesday.
A major rise had been expected following an expansion of German sugar beet plantings and favourable weather that has increased beet sugar content.
United to fly Houston-Chicago on Solazyme biofuel
Nov 6 (Reuters) - United Airlines, the world's largest air carrier, will make the first U.S. commercial flight using an "advanced biofuel" on Monday, algae-based biofuel maker Solazyme Inc said.
The flight from Houston to Chicago will take the Boeing 737-800 from the former home city of Continental Airlines to the base of United, which took over Continental last year to form United Continental Holdings Inc .
EU ethanol firms seek investigation of US subsidies
BRUSSELS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - European Union bioethanol producers have asked regulators to investigate whether U.S. exporters are receiving illegal subsidies, a move that could trigger import tariffs on the green fuel, EU producers said on Wednesday.
Placed with the European Commission on Oct. 12, according to industry sources, the complaint could result in a formal investigation later this month, and in provisional tariffs next year on hundreds of millions of liters of bioethanol from the United States.
US ethanol output rises to 9-month high
Nov 2 (Reuters) U.S. ethanol production rose to the highest level in more than nine months over the last week as strong margins and good blender demand fueled output.
The Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday that U.S. ethanol production totaled 916,000 barrels per day in the seven days to Oct. 28, up 7,000 barrels per day from the previous week, and the highest output since the week ending January 21.
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