Crop Industry News: Brazil
24 June 2009
Iron Ore Company Invests in BiodieselBRAZIL - Iron ore mining company Vale S.A. is to produce biodiesel to supply its operations in the Northern region of Brazil, from 2014....
23 June 2009
Bunge to Invest in New Ethanol PlantBRAZIL - Bunge will strengthen its sugar and alcohol operations by investing in a new mill at Ponta Porã in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul....
10 June 2009
Brazilian Plant Manufactures Ethanol in SudanBRAZIL - The first ethanol manufacturing plant implemented in Sudan, which will be officially inaugurated today, is Brazilian. With a production capacity for 200,000 litres of sugarcane ethanol...
03 June 2009
Brazil Seeks Leadership in Cellulosic EthanolBRAZIL - This statement was made yesterday by Chief of Staff Dilma Roussef, at the opening of the 2nd Ethanol Summit, in São Paulo. The country should produce 17.3 billion litres of the product...
01 June 2009
Friends of the Earth Denounce New Soy StandardsBRAZIL - A new initiative that will re-brand intensive GM soy and soy grown on deforested land as "responsible" will cause deforestation and sneak GM crops into the food system, Friends of the...
Glencore Takes Over Running of AgrengoBRAZIL - Glencore Importadora e Exportadora Ltda, a worldwide well-known Agribusiness trading company has taken over the running of Agrenco's operations in Brazil....
28 May 2009
Advances in Cellulosic Ethanol Presented at SummitBRAZIL - Rapid advancements in producing cellulosic ethanol and the fuel's promise for the future will be highlighted by POET next week at Ethanol Summit 2009 in Sao Paulo, Brazil....
23 April 2009
KL Energy Expands into BrazilBRAZIL - US company, KL Energy Corp, has formed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Add Blue Ltda in Brazil to use KL Energy's cellulosic ethanol technology with sugarcane bagasse and straw...
21 April 2009
President Backs Sugar Based EthanolBRAZIL - Brazil is ready to share the technologies it has developed over 30 year in the field of sugar cane based ethanol....
09 April 2009
BP Expands Ethanol Investment in BrazilBRAZIL - Petroleum giant BP's plans to expand in the ethanol market have been applauded by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)....
07 April 2009
Capacity Boost for Montes Claros PlantBRAZIL - Petrobras BiocombustÃvel intends to boost the processing capacity of the Darcy Ribeiro Biodiesel Plant, in Montes Claros in the state of Minas Gerais, from the current 57,000 cubic...
06 April 2009
Lula to Inaugurate Biodiesel Plant in Minas GeraisBRAZIL - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled inaugurate Petrobras' third biodiesel plant, in Montes Claros in the state of Minas Gerais, today (Monday)....
03 April 2009
Sada Invests in Minas GeraisBRAZIL - The Sada Group is to invest 354 million Brazilian reals (US$ 153 million) in bioenergy in the state of Minas Gerais. ...
27 March 2009
BioPower Generation AmericasBRAZIL - The BioPower Generation Americas conference is the 4th edition of the global BioPower Generation series....
25 March 2009
Brazilian-US Biofuels Research Network EstablishedBRAZIL - A new network is being established between Brazil and the US to establish a greater exchange of information and ideas on biofuels between the two nations' scientists....
18 March 2009
Renewable Energy Used in Chicken ProductionBRAZIL - The high electric energy cost of poultry farms caused Raimundo Alves Ferreira to seek a solution that could generate more economy for his production. The way out was the use of biodigesters...
06 March 2009
Petrobras Welcomes Dutch Prime MinisterBRAZIL - The prime minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende, visited Brazilian fuel producer Petrobras' main office building this week, together with that country's Transportation minister,...
05 March 2009
Petrobras to Invest $ 2.4 billion in BiofuelsBRAZIL - Brazilian petroleum and biofuel company Petrobras BiocombustÃvel's has developed a business plan calling for a $2.4 billion investment in biodiesel and ethanol production for the...
02 March 2009
Castor Seed for Biodiesel in Minas GeraisBRAZIL - Farmers in Minas Gerais are going to harvest 7,000 tonnes of castor seeds for production of biodiesel....
23 February 2009
Viridas in Deal for Jatropha Plantation in BrazilBRAZIL - Biofuels company Viridas has joined forces with Cazenave, a South American agribusiness management and consulting company to develop a Jatropha plantation in Brazil....
29 January 2009
Sugar to Stage Small Comeback in BrazilBRAZIL - Brazil's center-south region is likely to devote a bigger share of the 2009/10 cane crop to making sugar than last season with the prospects of exports and prices rising, analysts and...
27 January 2009
Brazil Agribusiness Sales to Arabs Grow 30 Per CentBRAZIL - Brazilian agribusiness exports to the Arab countries generated more than US$ 6 billion in revenues last year, growth of 30 per cent compared with 2007....
26 January 2009
Record High Ethanol Fuel Export in 2008RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil exported a record-high of 5.16 billion liters of ethanol fuel in 2008, up 45.7 per cent from 2007, according to a report released on Friday by the Ministry of Mines and...
Abu Dhabi Enthused with Brazilian EthanolBRAZIL - Representatives of Masdar group, a state-owned clean energy company in Abu Dhabi, showed interest in the Brazilian biofuels experience during the country's participation in the World...
22 January 2009
Brazilian Ethanol may Gain Space in US MarketBRAZIL - Barack Obama's administration has already shown interest in environmental issues. His campaign commitments included sustainable development and implementation of clean energy technologies....
12 January 2009
Petrobras Plant to Deliver 1.5 million Litres of BiodieselBRAZIL - Brazilian national oil company Petrobras is expecting to deliver 1.5 million litres of biodiesel from its Montes Claros Biodiesel Plant in the first quarter of 2009. ...
05 January 2009
Petrobras Breaks Production TargetBRAZIL - The Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras' biodiesel production plants of Candeias in Bahia and Quixadá in Ceará have broken their production goal forecasts for 2008....
Brazil is World's Leading Ethanol ExporterBRAZIL - Brazil has consolidated its position as the world's leading ethanol exporter and third largest biodiesel market, last year with six new biodiesel plants opening up last year and another...
02 January 2009
Petrobras Exceeds Biodiesel Production Goal in 2008BRAZIL - The plants of Candeias, in the state of Bahia, and Quixadá, in the state of Ceará, ended the year with a total output of 8.8 million litres....
30 December 2008
Plans to Expand Ethanol Sales in Japan UnveiledBRAZIL - Brazil's giant oil and gas corporation Petrobras has plans to open next year its first service stations in Japan to promote the distribution of ethanol, of which Brazil is the world's...
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