Illovo Plans Potable Ethanol in Tanzania, Mulls Zambia, Mali
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Illovo Sugar Ltd., Africa’s largest producer of the sweetener, plans to start making potable ethanol from molasses in Tanzania by 2013, Managing Director Graham Clark said.
“We have created an opportunity in Tanzania to produce ethanol from molasses” he said in an interview at the company’s annual general meeting near Durban today. “We will invest in an on-site production facility to turn the molasses into high-value alcohol.”