US Ethanol Set to Wipe Out UK Production

US Ethanol Set to Wipe Out UK Production

One of only two major ethanol plants in Britain has begun shutdown procedures as a flood of U.S. duty-free products looks set to wipe out production in the U.K.

ABF Threatens To Shut Down Britain’s Biggest Bioethanol Plant After US-UK Deal

ABF blames the recent UK-US trade deal for contributing to the worsening of the country’s bioethanol challenge. Britain’s biggest bioethanol plant, Vivergo, is threatening to shut down one of the UK‘s two bioethanol plants if the government does not offer it adequate support. Associated British Foods (ABF), the company which owns Vivergo, had warned the British government that the tariff deal it had finalised with the US threatens the industry’s…

Britain’s ethanol plant begins closing-down procedures after US-UK trade deal - ChiniMandi

Vivergo, the ethanol plant owned by Associated British Foods Plc and one of only two major facilities of its kind in the UK, has begun closing-down procedures as an influx of US duty-free ethanol threatens to impact domestic production, reported Bloomberg. According to the company, a consultation with employees to enact a wind-down of operations of the site in northern England has begun. Operations are set to end on September 13 unless the UK go…