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Proserpine Mill's furfural plant under review
The crop estimate for the Proserpine Sugar Mill is between 1.65 and 1.7 million tonnes which Proserpine Canegrowers Manager Mike Porter says may change slightly considering only half the farmers have completed their final estimates. Sucrogen has released its early estimate as it moves towards finalising the maintenance program for the start of the...
Beautiful Wood ... Architecture ... and Photography
Kebonized wood. Beautiful and lasting. Wood-treatment/modification using furfuryl alcohol. More pictures:
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Battle for Proserpine Sugar over
Last Updated on Friday, 09 December 2011 18:21
It's the end of an era for a north Queensland sugar mill. Proserpine Sugar Mill has been sold to a Singapore-owned company Sucrogen for 120 million dollars.
The board of the Proserpine Mill placed the co-operative into administration in November, following a five-month battle between Sucrogen and Tully COFCO for ownership.This morning Proserpine's creditors voted to accept the offer the administrator, KordaMentha, had signed with Sucrogen.Add a commentThe CEO of Sucrogen Ian Glasson says the company is looking forward to growing the Proserpine region.
"It was a rather long process, but I guess the good news is we are where we are."
Chairman of Proserpine Lou Raiteri says it is a relief to finalise the sale.
"Life goes in cycles and nothing is forever."
via abc.net.au
GreenEnergyPark (GrEnPa) Story
Last Updated on Saturday, 03 December 2011 18:40
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Add a comment2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (MeTHF)
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 November 2011 22:58
2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (MeTHF) is a safe, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective alternative to tetrahydrofuran (THF), diethyl ether, and dichloromethane (DCM). MeTHF is commercially available from Penn A Kem, LLC. It is made from renewable resources by intramolecular cyclization of pentoses and hydrogentation.Add a comment
China and Singapore battle it out for Proserpine sugar mill
Last Updated on Monday, 21 November 2011 08:27
We're following this story, as "both prospective purchasers have made clear commitments to furfural and a successful outcome to the voting process will ensure that the plant is operational in 2012" (Ref.: is.gd/v8MQdq) and also attach at the end a press release announcing the sale of the mill.
...China and Singapore battle it out for Proserpine sugar
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How to stop nematodes damaging turf grass (Golf Club Management)
...Tests have demonstrated that 2-furfuraldehyde (furfural), a pentose sugar derivative, can act as a contact nematicide and can be effective in reducing populations of plant-parasitic nematodes. A number of organic fertilisers based on complex sugar formulations contain varying amounts of furfural and recent field trials have shown that nematode
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Furfural and Its Many By-Products
Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 00:51
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Add a commentOutlook for Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Mill sours as company teeters on brink of administration
Last Updated on Saturday, 05 November 2011 03:06
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...THE Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Mill was teetering on the brink of administration late yesterday.
Its major lenders are understood to have demanded their money back and talks with Chinese suitor COFCO, about a refinancing ahead of a purchase of the mill, are apparently still in limbo. Proserpine had been given until Thursday
New catalytic process to convert furfural to octane at high yields
...New catalytic process to convert furfural to octane at high yields
3 November 2011
Researchers at the Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, report on a catalytic process to convert biomass-derived furfural (earlier post) into octane in high yields at
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