ADM TO BUILD SECOND BIODIESEL PLANT IN BRAZIL
CHICAGO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland will begin construction of its second Brazilian biodiesel plant in 2011 and the facility should be completed in 2012, CEO Patricia Woertz said on Tuesday.
The facility will be built adjacent to ADM's soybean crush plant and oil refinery in Joacaba, Santa Catarina, and will have an annual capacity of 164,000 tonnes, Woertz said.
WEEVIL BIGGEST THREAT TO BRAZIL CANE - EXPERTS
PIRACICABA, Brazil, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The fast expansion of Brazil's cane sector over the past few years brought not only debt to many companies but also a tiny though potentially devastating threat: the sugarcane weevil.
The incidence of the insect has nearly doubled in the past six years, to 350,000 hectares of cane fields -- taking into account only the cases in Sao Paulo, Parana and Minas Gerais. The three states account for 5.7 million hectares out of Brazil's 8 million hectares planted with cane.
CANE ETHANOL LEADER BRAZIL CONSIDERS USING CORN
BRASILIA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Sugar cane ethanol pioneer Brazil, which touts the efficiency and environmental qualities of its biofuel, could soon begin making it from less-efficient corn to soak up excess grains in remote areas.
The combined industry and governmental steering committee for corn, which met on Wednesday, said it had commissioned a study by state researcher Embrapa to look at the viability of making ethanol in corn-growing state Mato Grosso.
CELLULOSIC PIONEERS APPROVE U.S. BIOMASS AID PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Pioneers in cellulosic ethanol, tapped to leapfrog corn-based ethanol, say they are studying or plan to use a new U.S. program that pays farmers and forest owners to experiment with energy crops.
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program, estimated to cost $461 million, took effect on Wednesday. A wide variety of materials are eligible for support, from wood chips and crop residues to switchgrass, woody plants, algae and animal and food waste.
GERMANY TO RAISE BIOETHANOL CONTENT IN GASOLINE
HAMBURG, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to raise the maximum level of bioethanol allowed in blended gasoline to 10 percent from 5 percent now, the government said in a statement.
The change will take place from January 2011, the statement said.
ADM WEIGHS SELLING BRAZIL ETHANOL OPERATIONS-VALOR
SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland is considering selling its 49-percent stake in a cane-based ethanol plant it has in Brazil, local newspaper Valor Economico said on Wednesday.
The paper named no sources regarding the potential sale of the Limeira do Oeste mill, in Minas Gerais state, which has a crushing capacity of 3 million tonnes a year and marked ADM's entrance into the Brazilian ethanol market in 2008.
MELTING MARGINS PUSH INDIA SUGAR MILLS TO ETHANOL
MUMBAI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Indian sugar firms, eager to sell more ethanol in a year when the sweetener promises lower returns, look likely to boost capacity and output of the biofuel after a false start two years ago.
Domestic sugar prices fell below the cost of production in the quarter to September, and prospects look bleak for the first half of the season begun in October, making government-regulated prices for ethanol more attractive.
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