Burdekin Council Approves $200m Ethanol Plant
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February 21, 2011
by Natalie Poyhonen (ABC News) The Burdekin Shire Council has given the final approval for the creation of a $200 million ethanol plant at Mona Park, near Home Hill in north Queensland.
The Austcane Energy project will produce ethanol and co-generated power but it would not produce any sugar. Director Geoff Cox says the plant aims to source about 900,000 tonnes of cane for processing only from local growers. READ MORE