Da Mata Plans Brazil Ethanol Plant as Demand Surpasses Supply
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Da Mata SA - Acucar e Alcool, the Brazilian sugar-cane processor, will build its second ethanol plant, the first new manufacturing project announced in almost a year in a country where demand is exceeding supply.
The Santa Marina plant in Sao Paulo state will initially be able to produce about 100 million liters (26.4 million gallons) of ethanol a year, according to Jorge Hatem, superintendent of the company’s existing Usina da Mata mill.