Indian Sugar mills asking for third tender to supply OMCs ethanol

In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports that with falling fuel demand and therefore ethanol demand due to the lockdown called to slow the spread of COVID-19, sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh want oil marketing companies to call a third ethanol tender after the first two tenders failed to secure sufficient quantities of pre-coronavirus demand. Only 1.85 billion liters of ethanol will likely be contracted after the completion of current tender processes compared to the 5.11 billion liters originally sought for blending.