Canada biodiesel plant plans large increase in production

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO (June 10) -- Biox Corp. plans to scale up its 1 million liter per year Hamilton, Ontario, biodiesel pilot plant to a 60 million liter plant, the company said June 9.

Biox’s proprietary process converts oil and greases, such as vegetable oil, agricultural seed oil, waste animal fat and recycled cooking oils into ASTM D6751 and EN14214 grade biodiesel fuel. The fuel’s cost is competitive with petroleum diesel, said Tim Haig, Biox president and CEO.

Biox is headquartered in Oakville. The Hamilton facility will increase North America´s supply of biodiesel fuel by some 50 percent when completed. Biodiesel not only converts waste products into fuel, but also reduces less greenhouse gases than traditional petroleum diesel fuel.