Biofuel makers in the U.S. and Brazil hope China becomes big buyer

China is a tiny market for ethanol imports but producers in the United States and Brazil are stirred by an upturn in sales, says Reuters. For the first half of this year, Chinese buyers purchased 56,000 tonnes of the renewable fuel, double the imports for all of 2014. “Traders speculate … that the spike could signal… » Read More

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