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Solazyme Scores Brazilian JV With Bunge (SZYM, BG)

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Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) is surging on news this morning that the renewable oil and bioproducts outfit has formed a joint venture with a unit of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) to build, own and operate a commercial-scale renewable tailored oils production facility adjacent to Bunge’s Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil.

The venture will operate under the name Solazyme Bunge Produtos Renováveis Ltda. and is expected to have an annual production capacity of 100,000 metric tons of oil. The facility will utilize Solazyme’s renewable tailored oil production technology and will also utilize Bunge’s sugarcane supply and processing capabilities.  The move will allow the production of sustainable tailored triglyceride oils for use in oleochemical and fuel applications in the Brazilian domestic market.

While the exact financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, it is being treated as a win for Solazyme with a 7.6% gain to $15.40 in the pre-market trading.  Solazyme has a market value of $863 million and this company just came public last summer.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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