Brazil Ethanol Output Seen Jumping 14% on Fuel Blend
Ethanol output in Brazil’s Center South, the world’s largest sugar-cane producing region, will rise 14 percent this year as the government is set to boost the mandatory amount of biofuel blended into...
View ArticleU.S. Loses Korea Corn Sales to Brazil on Drought Driven Rally
Drought-led price hike prompts South Korea to shun U.S. corn South Korea, the world’s third- biggest buyer of corn, more than halved imports from the U.S. as it turned to cheaper suppliers led by...
View ArticleBrazil Accelerates Ethanol Blend Increase After Fuel Price Rise
Brazil plans to increase in May the amount of ethanol added to gasoline in a move that will help state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4) reduce fuel imports. The amount of ethanol will rise...
View ArticleRaizen Sees Brazilian Millers Favoring Ethanol at Harvest Start
Millers in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer, will favor ethanol output at the beginning of this year’s cane harvest because sugar prices are low, according to a joint venture of Royal Dutch...
View ArticleSugar Seen Falling More to Boost Ethanol Output and Cut Surplus
Sugar may fall another 6 percent in New York this year and prompt millers in Brazil, the world’s largest producer, to make more ethanol from cane at the expense of the sweetener, helping curb the...
View ArticleBig crop and policy change revive Brazil’s sugar ethanol mills
Brazil’s big sugarcane mills have begun to invest in ethanol production again, after licking their wounds from years of slim margins, as an expanding crop and favorable government policies brighten the...
View ArticleBrazil Said to Be Readying Tax Breaks for Ethanol
Brazilis preparing tax breaks that may channel more of the country’s sugar cane into ethanol production to meet additional demand, two people with knowledge of the plan said. Proposed changes to the...
View ArticleBrazil Raises Ethanol Mix
Brazil will raise the percentage of ethanol in gasoline fuel from 20% to 25% from May 1, Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao announced Friday. The move will automatically boost demand for cane...
View ArticleBrazil Ethanol Tax Cut Won’t Be Enough to End Sugar Surplus
An ethanol tax cut in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer, won’t be enough to avoid a fourth annual surplus for the sweetener. Sugar production in Brazil’s center south in 2013-14 will be 34...
View ArticleCheap Petrobras Gas Hurts Ethanol Investments
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), the state- run oil company, is boosting money-losing gasoline imports at its fastest pace ever, holding down prices for alternative fuels and hindering investments in...
View ArticleBrazil Said to Plan Ethanol Tax Cut offer Low-Cost Loans for Mills
Brazil, the world’s biggest ethanol exporter, plans to reduce taxes and extend low-cost credit lines for producers to help boost output and lower prices, a Finance Ministry official with knowledge of...
View ArticleNew measures to aid Brazil ethanol sector not enough
Brazil throws troubled ethanol industry tax breaks, credit Brazil’s government threw its sugar-ethanol industry a lifeline on Tuesday, by cutting taxes and sweetening credit for the struggling sector...
View ArticleBrazilian Sugar and Ethanol Industry to Benefit from Government Fiscal...
The recent initiatives announced by the Brazilian Government to support domestic ethanol production industry will not materially change industry fundamentals, as the limited size of the proposed tax...
View ArticleBunge Boosts Ethanol Ratio at Brazil Mills as Sugar Declines
Bunge Ltd. (BG), which accounts for about 10 percent of global sugar trading, said its cane mills in Brazil are “maximizing” production of ethanol as the price of the gasoline additive rises. Ethanol...
View ArticleBrazil’s BNDES bank throws more money at GranBio ethanol plant
Brazilian development bank BNDES approved a 300.3 million real ($150 million) loan for the second generation ethanol project of the local GranBio Investimentos Group, which would be the first...
View ArticleSugar Seen Dropping Before Brazil’s Ethanol Demand Gains
Sugar may drop to a low in three to four months before rebounding as millers in top producer Brazil direct more cane to ethanol at the sweetener’s expense, according to RCMA Commodities Asia Ltd. The...
View ArticleBrazil’s CS sugar output up 140 percent
Sugar and ethanol mills in Brazil’s main center-south cane belt made strong progress harvesting the record crop through mid-May, producing more than twice the amounts of sugar and ethanol than they did...
View ArticleBrazil’s Ethanol Demand Seen Rising by Copersucar on Fuel Price
Ethanol demand in Brazil, the largest sugar producer, is set to gain as the price of the biofuel at the pump is now more competitive than gasoline, according to Sao Paulo-based trader and producer...
View ArticleCheap Petrobras Gas Hurts Ethanol Investments
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), the state- run oil company, is boosting money-losing gasoline imports at its fastest pace ever, holding down prices for alternative fuels and hindering investments in...
View ArticleBrazil Said to Plan Ethanol Tax Cut offer Low-Cost Loans for Mills
Brazil, the world’s biggest ethanol exporter, plans to reduce taxes and extend low-cost credit lines for producers to help boost output and lower prices, a Finance Ministry official with knowledge of...
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