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Forbes.com
Associated Press 09.19.08, 6:15 PM ET
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -
Jamaica says it will cut sugar and molasses production by more than half when a Brazilian renewable energy company takes over the government's five sugar estates.
The island expects to produce only 62,000 tons (56,000 metric tons) of sugar and 28,000 tons (25,000 metric tons) of molasses by 2010.
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Labels: Brazil, Ethanol, Jamaica, molasses, sugar, sugar cane
The Nation (Pakistan)
July 27, 2008
LAHORE - Punjab University Institute of Chemistry is experimenting in its laboratory on ethyl alcohol, which is obtained from molasses, to get bio-diesel. This fuel is cheaper and cause 70 percent less pollution than other fuels. Over 80 percent vehicles in Brazil use this fuel.
PU Faculty of Science Dean Prof Dr Jamil Anwar Chaudhry expressed these views while briefing about the performance of the institute in a ceremony here on Saturday.
Molasses, a waste material of sugar industries, can be converted into bio-diesel and used as fuel in vehicles.
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