Angola : Brazil giant eyes Angola ethanol project.Byline: shiv03 Africa s massive land mass and rich feedstocks have attracted the attention of Brazilian industrial giant Odebrecht Odebrecht is a Brazilian business conglomerate in the fields of Engineering & Construction and Chemicals & Petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 and the group is present in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. . The company is planning to inject in·ject v. 1. To introduce a substance, such as a drug or vaccine, into a body part. 2. To treat by means of injection. $220million ( 149 million) into sugar and ethanol ethanol (ĕth`ənōl') or ethyl alcohol, CH3CH2OH, a colorless liquid with characteristic odor and taste; commonly called grain alcohol or simply alcohol. production in Angola amounting to the production of 30 million litres of ethanol a year. The Brazilian company has set up a joint venture, Biocom, with the Angolan state-owned oil firm Sonangol and private company Damer. The company intends to farm sugarcane on 30,000 hectares of land in Malange province, some 400 km east of the capital Luanda. A processing plant for sugar and ethanol production will also be set up, and is expected to have an annual processing capacity of 260,000 tonnes of sugar. The fibrous fibrous /fi·brous/ (fi´brus) composed of or containing fibers. fi·brous adj. Composed of or characterized by fibroblasts, fibrils, or connective tissue fibers. parts of the sugarcane, as well as the heat from the plant, will be utilised for the production of electricity, with an expected generation capacity of 47MW. After 27 years of civil war, Angola s agricultural sector is in need of revitalisation Noun 1. revitalisation - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" resurgence, revitalization, revival, revivification . Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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