VeraSun (NYSE:VSE) announced that it will buy rival ethanol producer US BioEnergy (Nasdaq:USBE); continuing the consolidation of the ethanol industry at a time when company valuations are at their lows.

Other potential acquirers/targets in the ethanol and alternative fuels space can be found in the Revere Hierarchy™ at:

Industrial and Materials
  Materials
    Chemicals
      Basic and Intermediate Chemicals
        Petrochemicals and Other Organic Chemicals
          Alternative Fuels/Ethanol

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