Archer Daniels Midland, Grupo Carera partner in two sugar cane ethanol projects in Brazil

In Brazil, Archer Daniels Midland and Grupo Cabrera announced a partnership to develop sugarcane ethanol at two sugar mill, ethanol and biomass-to-power cogeneration plants in Minas Gerais and Goias states. Each plant will have a sugar cane crushing capacity of 3 million tons per year.

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