Doral, Fla.—BioNitrogen Corp. said April 10 that it has already begun collecting woody biomass from phosphate mining and non-mining lands to use for urea fertilizer production. The biomass, which would have otherwise been burned or buried, will supply BioNitrogen’s first plant in Hardee County, Fla. In the interim pre-construction period, the excess biomass may also be processed and sold as wood chips to the international market in order to generate revenues. In 2013, BioNitrogen expects to receive at least 30,000 st of biomass from mining and other sources every two months at the Hardee County plant site. “It’s important that we demonstrate our ability to manage the logistics and processing of large quantities of biomass in this pre-construction phase,” said Ernie Iznaga, BioNitrogen operations manager. “We intend to process the wood and either store it or sell it to generate revenue prior to ground breaking and construction of the plant.”
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