Cambodia’s MH Bioenergy ethanol plans restart in Oct/Nov

20 July 2010 04:21  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--South Korea’s MH Bioenergy plans to restart its bioethanol plant in Kandal, Cambodia, in October or November when the new crop of feedstock cassava starts, a company source said on Tuesday.

The plant had not been operating this year due to unavailability of the cassava crop because of damage by disease and insects.

The plant has a capacity of 40,000 kilolitres/year anhydrous ethanol and 25,000 kilolitres/year of hydrous ethanol. It needs an annual supply of around 100,000 tonnes of dry cassava flour as a raw material.

Ethanol goes to solvent applications in pharmaceuticals, toiletries and cosmetics, detergents and household cleaners, coatings and inks and processing solvents.

Ethanol is also used as a chemical intermediate for the manufacture of ethyl acetate, ethyl acrylate, acetic acid, glycol ethers and ethylamines, as well as other products.

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By: Heng Hui
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