BIODIESEL
August 1st, 2001
BY RICHARD HURSTSOUTH Africa's first bio-diesel refinery is to be built near Johannesburg at an estimated cost of R 83 million, (US$9.7 million), and is expected to produce 60,000 tons of diesel fuel annually. Managing director of Seed Oil Refinery South Africa (SORSA) Bernd Schmidt (SPELLING CORRECT) said that production would help decrease the country's dependence on imported crude oil.It would produce fuel that is 100 per cent biological and emissions would contain no sulphurous gases. The bio-diesel may be used in any diesel engine or burner without any ...
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