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Ineos shelves European biodiesel plant plans

By Ed Crooks and Andrew Bolger

Published: November 27 2008 23:41 | Last updated: November 27 2008 23:41

Ineos, the troubled chemicals group that is Britain’s biggest private company, has shelved plans to build four biodiesel plants in Europe, including a £65m development at Grangemouth near Edinburgh.

The company said in a statement that it remained committed to biofuels but was cutting back on “all non-essential growth capital expenditure” in the face of the “continued and prolonged global economic downturn”.

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