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Brazil-U.S. Partnership to Build Second Corn Ethanol Plant
USAgNet - 02/22/2018

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. Reuters reports that the 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 ($308 million) on the project.

The announcement reinforces an investment trend in Brazil's center-west region toward corn-based ethanol production capacity, as low corn prices in the area and rising ethanol demand in the country attract investors.

UNEM, a local association of corn ethanol producers, sees six new corn-based ethanol projects being developed in the next two years.

FS Bioenergia is owned by privately-held Brazilian firm Tapajós Participações SA and U.S.-based Summit Agricultural Group. Last year, the companies opened their first plant, located in Lucas do Rio Verde, a top soy- and corn-producing part of Mato Grosso.

For the second project, FS Bioenergia followed the same strategy and chose the municipality of Sorriso, in northern Mato Grosso, which is also a large grains-producing region.

The Sorriso plant will be larger than the first one in Lucas do Rio Verde. The investors project an annual production of 680 million liters of ethanol, 500,000 tonnes of corn meal and 20,000 tonnes of corn oil. The plant is expected to process 1.8 million tonnes of corn per year.


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