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Zimbabwe Increases Local Ethanol Blending

June 7, 2017
http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/12384/zimbabwe_increases_biofuels_blending_target_to_10/

There will be an increase in demand for biofuels in Zimbabwe as it increases its mandatory petrol blending from 5% to 10%. This comes after the government reduced the mandatory local ethanol blending from 15% to 5%. The government increased the threshold again as the nation's ethanol supplies improved.

Zimbabwe obtains its ethanol from a $600 million sugar planting in the southeast of the country which is jointly owned by a state company and private investors. It is capable of producing 250,000 liters of ethanol a day.