It towers above the surrounding central Iowa countryside like the Launch Assembly Building lords it over Cape Canaveral — it’s the new DuPont cellulosic ethanol project, on the outskirts of the town of Nevada. Functional yet inspiring, imposing yet accessible — when it opens before year end 2014 it is sure to be a monumental addition […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 81.60 despite an advanced biofuels surge. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 50.48 percent to $0.16, while Valero (VLO) fell 3.28 percent to $50.96. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 4.16 percent to $0.46. Overall, declines and advances were even for […]
It’s like the selling of Ginsu knives, the legal dispute between these two companies. No matter how much you hear….but wait, there’s more! This week, we heard from Butamax that the District Court of Delaware has issued an order scheduling two further rounds of patent infringement actions pending between Butamax and Gevo for resolution. The […]
There’s a rumor going around that the original technology for LS9 (now, REG Life Sciences) was sketched out by Harvard’s George Church and Berkeley’s Chris Somerville on a cocktail napkin. If true, it would have to be one of the most interesting and valuable artifacts that will some day adorn a Museum of Industrial Biotechnology. […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 1.12 percent to 81.55 as chemicals fell off sharply. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) retreated 12.79 percent to $1.00, while Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 4.17 percent to $8.51. Among other equities, BioAMber (BIOA) lost 3.53 percent to $11.76. Overall, declines led advances 4 to […]
6 new documents surface in SEC filings, tracing more background in the stormy battle between KiOR and former company director Paul O’Connor. O’Connor called for entire management team to resign. Pointed to troubles in R&D back in 2012. “I cannot just stand back and watch,” he writes in 2013. In today’s Digest, we publish a series […]
In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
