With the promise of a $75 million loan from the Mississippi Development Authority in hand, Redwood City, Calif.-based Virdia is ready to begin scouting for a site to convert the state’s soft pine into sugars for biofuel makers. Virdia wants a location near an ample supply of pine and must produce at least 150,000 tons ...
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