The Indian government is unlikely to lift the ban on B-heavy molasses (BHM) for its use as a feedstock to produce ethanol as there is risk of rise in sugar prices due to sentimental value, even if the ...

The government on Monday permitted sugar mills and distilleries to produce ethanol without any quantitative restrictions in the 2025-26 marketing year starting November. Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) runs ...

The lifting of restrictions on ethanol production from B-heavy and C-heavy molasses and sugarcane juice will normalize ethanol production volume for sugar companies, asserted Mumbai-headquartered ...

A week after prohibiting the use of sugarcane juice and sugar syrup for making ethanol, following industry pressure, the government on Friday reversed its decision and allowed the use of the juice as ...

The food ministry has allowed sugar mills to convert their existing stocks of 670,000 tonnes of B-heavy molasses into ethanol, according to a senior official from the food ministry. The petroleum ...

Molasses, a broad term used to describe concentrated sugarcane or sugarbeet juice solutions after removal of sucrose crystals, are an industrial byproduct of the raw sugar production process. Natural ...

New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have increased the procurement price for ethanol made from C-heavy molasses by ₹6.87 per litre for the 2023-24 supply season that started in November, marking ...

The world's second-biggest sugar producer had restricted production in the current marketing year because of a drop in sugarcane supplies. India has allowed production of ethanol from sugarcane juice, ...

About a dozen cooperative sugar mills operating molasses-based distilleries have applied to convert their ethanol plants to be run on more widely available grains. Molasses is produced during the ...

The cabinet has approved a 3% increase in the procurement price of ethanol from C-heavy molasses to Rs 57.9 per litre for the 2024-25 supply year. This decision aims to promote the use of C-heavy ...