Brazil's ethanol fuel production will reach 64 billion litres in the year 2019, more than twice the amount currently produced, the Mines and Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman said on September 20.

NEW DELHI: India and Brazil are exploring the possibility of cooperation in production of ethanol and agricultural investment.

Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 7, 2010, 1:23 IST

First such tie-up between a sugar and a petroleum company.

Shree Renuka Sugars is looking to set up an integrated sugar-cum-ethanol plant with oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) in Maharashtra.

Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 3, 2010, 1:15 IST

Offers 1,000 million litres ethanol to OMCs.

The sugar industry has offered to supply around 1,000 million litres ethanol to oil marketing companies for blending it with petrol.

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 18, 2010, 0:49 IST

Ethanol manufacturers and sugar mills yesterday welcomed the Union cabinet

The government today gave its formal approval to the introduction of five per cent ethanol-blending in petrol, at a price of Rs27 per litre for ethanol.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the proposal for implementation of the ethanol programme in all states except Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep and northeastern states.