BIODIESEL
August 1st, 2001
BY RICHARD HURST, in JohannesburgSOUTH Africa's first bio-diesel refinery is to be built in Isando, near Johannesburg at an estimated cost of Rand 83 million, (US$9.7 million). The refinery is expected to produce 60,000 tonnes of diesel fuel annually for either the local market or for export.The managing director of Seed Oil Refinery South Africa (SORSA) Bernd Schmidt (SPELLING IS CORRECT) said that commercial production will commence early in 2002 and would help decrease his country's dependence on imported crude oil.Schmidt added that the biodiesel would ...
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