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Shell JV in Brazil Invests Heavily in Ethanol

07.01.2015 - Raízen, a joint venture of oil and petrochemicals group Shell with Brazil's Cosan, will spend nearly $1 billion on building eight second generation bioethanol plants for the...

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Brazil Throws Troubled Ethanol Industry Tax Breaks, Credit

24.04.2013 - Brazil's government threw its sugar-ethanol industry a lifeline on Tuesday, by cutting taxes and sweetening credit for the struggling sector it hopes will resume investments in new...

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Big Crop, Policy Revive Brazil's Sugar-ethanol Mills

12.02.2013 - 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...

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BG to Sell Comgas to Cosan for $1.8bln, Profit Up

03.05.2012 - British gas and oil producer BG Group said it had agreed to sell its Brazilian gas distribution business Comgas to Cosan for $1.8 billion as it unveiled soaring first quarter...

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Codexis Sees Shell Move on Research Mid-year

04.04.2012 - Codexis expects oil company Royal Dutch Shell to make a decision around mid-year about extending or expanding a partnership to develop cellulosic ethanol, Peter Strumph, the...

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Brazil Ethanol Shares Down On Regulatory Concerns

07.04.2011 - Brazilian biofuels shares posted their biggest tumble in two months on Wednesday on concern President Dilma Rousseff's government will toughen oversight of the sector to control...