Gleinol to build biodiesel plant in Portugal; utilizing Angolan feedstock

In Portugal, Gleinol announced that it will invest $6 million in a biodiesel production unit in the Castelo Branco Industrial Area. The company had previously invested $800,000 in a 1500-acre pilot cultivation project in Angola to provide feedstocks for the biodiesel project, and said that it had recently expanded its cultivation contracts to 28,000 acres.

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