Layoffs, Shut-downs, Idling in US Biorefineries
Pacific Ethanol Shuts Down Nebraska Plant, Fires 26 Workers (24/7 Wall St.)
Pacific Ethanol Idles Nebraska Ethanol Plant (Wisconsin Ag Connections)
Pacific Ethanol lays off workers, idles Nebraska ethanol plant: sources (Reuters)
Pacific Ethanol idles Aurora East plant (Ethanol Producer Magazine)
U.S. ethanol producers seek pricing reform as markets plunge, ADM sells (KFGO)
Green Plains says its plants aren’t shutdown but in “warm idle” (Biofuels Digest)
Green Plains Announces Permanent Closure of Hopewell, Va. Ethanol Facility (Green Plains)
Green Plains to idle Minnesota ethanol plant amid weak margins – sources (Reuters)
Ethanol Blog: Companies Idling Ethanol Plants in Nebraska, Minnesota on Weak Margins (DTN The Progressive Farmer)
Ringneck Energy ready to start making ethanol March 1 at Onida … a little later than earlier planned, due to some market issues. (Capital Journal)
Pacific Ethanol plans to idle western section of Nebraska plant -sources (Reuters)
Some Siouxland ethanol producers pinched by falling gas prices (Sioux City Journal)
E15 could be a significant boost to Nebraska’s economy (The Independent)