$2 Million for Biodiesel Plant in Panama

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The start of construction is scheduled for the first quarter of next year and has a projected production of about 10 thousand liters of biodiesel.

According to Prensa.com "the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, leader in agricultural research in Brazil, will provide MIDA technical assistance in implementing the plant."

With the plant´s construction the government would venture into the bio-fuel business.

Source: Prensa.com

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