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Grassley-Conrad bill would extend ethanol tax credits through 2016

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US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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Arconic announces multi-year aluminum deal with Toyota

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Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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This new USDA partnership will help support the installation of fuel pumps capable of supplying higher blends of renewable fuel by partnering with states to fund innovative, public-private partnerships to test more comprehensive approaches to marketing such blends.

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Alcoa completes acquisition of RTI International Metals, expands titanium capabilities

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Contracts that underpin RTI’s growth include the recently announced contract with Airbus for finished titanium structural supply parts for the new A350-1000 aircraft program. Under the agreement, Alcoa will supply titanium parts for the fuselage, among other components. Alcoa expects global aerospace sales growth of 8 to 9% in 2015.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

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And nearly 90 percent of processed rare earths come from China, which means a supply-chain dependence that spooks car companies in the United States, Japan, Europe, and Korea. It also requires cobalt, whose supply is so fraught that magnets incorporating the element make up a relatively small percentage of the permanent-magnet market. “I

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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