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Toyota Tsusho JV to begin lithium production in Argentina in 2013; supplies for Toyota Motor

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will begin lithium production in the Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina in 2013 through its joint venture with Australian mining concern Orocobre Ltd. Results of a feasibility study at the site, a salt lake in northwestern Argentina, showed estimated deposits of 6.4 Earlier post.). million tons.

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Toyota Tsusho venture starts full-scale lithium production at Salar de Olaroz, Argentina

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an Argentine lithium development company in which it owns a stake, has officially started lithium production at Salar de Olaroz in Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina. In August 2013, Sales de Jujuy started construction of a lithium carbonate plant to draw brine from Salar de Olaroz and refine the brine into lithium carbonate.

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GM to invest $450M in Argentina

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General Motors will invest $450 million between 2013 and 2015 to expand its Rosario Automotive Complex to build an all-new global Chevrolet vehicle, Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Wednesday. GM Argentina produced a record of more than 136,000 vehicles at its Rosario facility in 2011. —Isela Costantini.

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EIA: US biomass-based diesel imports increased to record levels in 2013; from net exporter to net importer

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Total US imports of biomass-based diesel fuel—biodiesel and renewable diesel—reached 525 million gallons in 2013, compared to 61 million gallons in 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). billion gallons in 2013. US biodiesel production reached 1.34 US biodiesel production reached 1.34

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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook projects global ethanol production to increase 67% over next 10 years to 44B gallons

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The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022 projects that global ethanol production will increase 67% over the next ten years, with biodiesel increasing even faster but from a smaller base. Global ethanol production has fallen in calendar year 2012 for the first time since 2000, due to declines in the United States and in Brazil.

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EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in 2014

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Imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) into the US fell 36% to 333 million gallons in 2014, following record levels of imports in 2013 according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). US renewable diesel imports reached 121 million gallons in 2013, down 42% from 2013.

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Argentina’s largest ethanol plant begins operations; Vogelbusch technology

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has begun operations of its new bioethanol plant in Alejandro Roca in the central Córdoba province of Argentina. The corn ethanol plant, which uses technology from Vogelbusch Biocommodities, has a nameplate capacity of 420,000 liters (111,000 gallons US) per day, making it the largest of its kind in Argentina. Promaíz S.A.

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