ABF, BP to build £200m biofuel plant

Britain's Associated British Foods (ABF) today said it plans to build a biofuel plant in a joint venture with petroleum giant…

Britain's Associated British Foods (ABF) today said it plans to build a biofuel plant in a joint venture with petroleum giant BP and US chemical maker DuPont.

ABF and BP will each have a 45 per cent stake in the £200 million (€29.72 million) plant, which will produce bioethanol from wheat at BP's chemicals site in Hull, England, and have a capacity of 330,000 tonnes per year.

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