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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 21:24 UTC

Tag: FS Bioenergia

  • Wednesday, February 21st 2018 - 09:02 UTC

    Second corn-based ethanol plant in Matto Grosso: 680m liters per year

    Investors project an annual production of 680 million liters of ethanol, 500,000 tons of corn meal and 20,000 tons of corn oil from processing 1.8 million tons of corn

    FS Bioenergia, a joint venture between Brazilian and U.S.-based investors, said on Tuesday it will build its second corn-based ethanol plant in Brazil’s top grains-producing state of Mato Grosso. FS Bioenergia, the first venture to build a 100 percent corn-based ethanol plant in Brazil - where basically all ethanol is made from sugar cane - said it will spend 1 billion reais (US$ 308 million) on the project.

  • Tuesday, August 15th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

    Brazil opens first corn ethanol plant; the country leads in sugarcane ethanol

    Brazil is the biggest sugarcane ethanol producer globally. The US, meanwhile, is the top ethanol producer, relying mainly on corn as feedstock.

    Brazilian company FS Bioenergia inaugurated a corn ethanol plant, the first in the country, to produce 210 million liters year. The plant was built by a joint venture between the local agro-company Fiagril and US-based Summit Agricultural Group with investments of BRL 450 million (US$ 141.1m), said the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Farming.