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D1 Oils in offer period for takeover, company confirms
This morning, jatropha pioneer D1 Oils released the following statement:
“The Company notes the recent share price movement and confirms that it is in receipt of a number of preliminary and conditional approaches in relation to possible corporate transactions involving the Company including one which may or may not lead to an offer being made for the [...]
Alan Group in discussions with First Pampanga Biofuels for 95 Mgy jatropha oil facility in the Philippines
In the Philippines, a report in bworldonline disclosed that the US-based Alan Group is in discussions with First Pampanga Biofuels to construct a $312.5-million 95 Mgy jatropha oil processing plant.
The potential deal, an outcome of a 24-company agribusiness trade mission led by US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last month to the Philippines, does not yet [...]
Biofuel Africa commences production of jatropha oil in Ghana
In Ghana, Biofuel Africa has commenced commercial production of jatropha oil, and has also commenced a program to test its Straight Vegetable Oil as a “drop-in” replacement to fossil fuel for running tractors, cars, generators and other machinery. Its own equipment and machinery is already 100 percent fossil fuel-independent. Early results have confirmed that vehicles [...]
Egypt embarks on 207-acre jatropha trial, seeking biofuels options
In Egypt, the state news agency is reporting that the Ministry of Agriculture is sponsoring a 207-acre jatropha trial in the Red Sea Hurghada province.
The focus of the trial is to determine whether the feedstock can be sustainably produced in the semi-arid district. Population growth has led the Egyptian government to increase efforts to explore [...]
SG Biofuels: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
SG Biofuels
Based in: California
2008-09 ranking: Unranked
Business: SG Biofuels is utilizing breeding and genetics to drive further improvements to the yield and profitability of Jatropha as a non-edible, plant-based feedstock. SG Biofuels produces crude oil from Jatropha that can be used for a variety of bio-based materials including biodiesel and feedstock substitutes for the petrochemical and [...]
D1 Oils revenues fall 32 percent, losses halved; jatropha plantings now 543,000 acres
In the UK, D1 Oils announced that it had halved its operating losses in the first half to $4.58 million compared to $9.1 million the previous year. The company said that restructuring and an increased emphasis on jatropha were responsible for the reduced losses, although revenues fell to $2.5 million, from $3.6 million for the [...]
Taiwan’s state oil company signs MOU for 247,000 acre, 50 year jatropha project in Indonesia
In Taiwan, the state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp signed an memorandum of understanding this week with Induk Kud, the Indonesian national farm and fishing co-op, to plant 247,000 hectares of jatropha curcus in Indonesia, which will be processed for biofuels.
Under the agreement, CPC will grow jatropha for 50 years, and expects to obtain 350,000 tons per [...]
Jatropha Alliance responds to critique of Mozambique jatropha industry
In Mozambique, the Jatropha Alliance is responding to criticism of jatropha plantation made by a Swiss Aid study of jatropha biofuels.
The Alliance said “Swiss Aid recently published a very negative and one-sided study “Jatropha! A socio-econmomic pitfall for Mozambique” prepared by Justiça Ambiental (JA) and União Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC). Besides lacking scientific scrutiny, the [...]
Profile of biofuels development in Ghana
In Ghana, the Voice of America has written an excellent summary of Ghanan jatropha biofuel development, including a report on seven companies cultivating 50,000 hectares of land for jatropha, and a report by the Food Security Policy Advocacy Network on jatropha cultivation in the Volta, Eastern, Central, and Ashanti regions. ? Ongoing land grabbing is [...]
Australia’s Jatoil signs MOU to invest in Indonesian jatropha
In Indonesia, Jatoil has signed a MOU with Indonesian jatropha biofuel producer, PT Waterland International. Under the MOU, Jatoil would buy a controlling interest in up to 2000 hectares of jatropha farms in central Java. Jatoil has commenced due diligence in support of the transaction.
PT Waterland has established 12,000 hectares of oil producing jatropha farms [...]
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