In India, according to the Times of India newspaper, the Dharashiv Sugar Mill in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra is the first in the country to trial the production of medical oxygen from ethanol production in the face of the growing COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Demand for medical oxygen has soared as cases have gone […]
In Nebraska, Green Plains Inc. announced that Fluid Quip Technologies (Fluid Quip) was selected and contracted to provide its global-leading Flex Plant Technology for installation at Sao Martinho’s Boa Vista sugarcane facility. Deployment of Fluid Quip’s technology solutions worldwide underscores the value of the investment made by BlackRock, Ospraie Management and Green Plains, and is […]
In India, the Pioneer newspaper reports that the first-ever public private partnership in the state’s sugar industry has been approved to build an ethanol plant at the Bhoramdev Cooperative Sugar Factory in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha district. The project was approved last week and will now move forward with financial tenders together with the investor. Financial tenders […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports that the planned bioeconomy park co-located at Kaset Thai’s sugar mill in Takhli will likely celebrate its groundbreaking in October. The facility to be jointly owned by Kaset Thai International Sugar and Global Green Chemicals aims to produce biochemical products. The first phase of the project will require […]
In India, BK Birla has decided to invest $11.8 million in an ethanol distillery to help boost supplies for regional blending after failing to sell of the sugarcane mill in Bihar altogether. Two years ago, the group decided to spin off the sugar unit from its tea business to facilitate the sale but has made […]
In India, following the implementation of a 24MW cogeneration plant, the Cooperative Sugar Mill Shahabad in Haryana is looking to invest $12.7 million in a new 60,000 liter per day molasses-based ethanol plant that could be online as soon as next year. The facility will be bagasse-powered. The project was developed by National Federation of […]
In Rwanda, Mauritian investors are preparing to build a 100,000 metric ton per year sugar mill that will also produce ethanol from molasses and electricity from bagasse. The project is still being defined but the investment is expected to be between $200 million and $300 million. Currently the country only produces 10,000 tons of sugar […]
In Ghana, the president has re-commissioned the country’s first sugarcane mill with an eye to participating in the global ethanol industry through exports. The mill will crush 1,250 metric tons of cane per day and will cut the country’s sugar import bill by $200,000. Between ethanol exports and offsetting sugar imports, the country expects to […]
In Cambodia, a $360 million sugar mill owned by a Chinese food conglomerate has come online, bringing along with it 50 million metric tons of ethanol production annually, all meant for shipment to China. The 500,000 tons of sugar to be produced will be shipped to European and Chinese markets. The project is the first […]
In Brazil, Indonesian food giant Indofood Agri Resources, a unit of the Salim Group, has bought a 50% stake in Companhia Mineira de Acucar e Alcool Participacoes (CMAA) for $71.1 million. CMAA crushes about 1 million metric tons of sugarcane annually at three mills. IndoAgri already owns two sugar mills in Indonesia.
