Vale, Embrapa JV for palm oil biodiesel in Mozambique

[ 1 ] April 28, 2011 | admin

In Mozambique, Brazil’s Vale and Embrapa have announced that they will jointly invest in palm oil production for biodiesel, expecting to produce 6,000-7,000 liters per hectare by 2014. The project will start with 10,000 hectares and work up to 30,000 hectares, producing 500,000 metric tons of biodiesel annually by 2019.