SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                      IN
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                SCHEDULE 14D-9
                               (Amendment No. 1)

                     SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
         UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                            HIGH PLAINS CORPORATION
                           (Name of Subject Company)

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                            HIGH PLAINS CORPORATION
                       (Name of Person Filing Statement)

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                    Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                   429701105
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                                 Gary R. Smith
                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                            High Plains Corporation
                          200 W. Douglas, Suite #820
                             Wichita, Kansas 67202
                                (316) 269-4310
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
           communications on behalf of the person filing statement)

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                                with copies to:

Christopher G. Standlee, Esq.             Roger V. Stageberg, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel        Sherri D. Ulland
High Plains Corporation                   Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A.
200 W. Douglas, Suite #820                80 South Eighth Street, Suite #1800
Wichita, Kansas 67202                     Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(316) 269-4310                            (612) 339-8131

[_] Check box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
before the commencement of a tender offer.


     This Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and
supplemented, the "Schedule 14D-9") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on November 16, 2001, by High Plains Corporation, a
Kansas corporation (the "Company"), relating to the tender offer by ASA
Environment & Energy Holding AG, a company organized under the laws of
Switzerland ("Purchaser"), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock, $.010 par value per share, of the Company (the "Shares") at a
purchase price of $5.6358 per Share in cash, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 16, 2001 (the
"Offer to Purchase").  This Offer is described in a Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO, dated November 16, 2001 (the "Schedule TO"), which was filed by
Abengoa, S.A., a company organized under the laws of Spain ("Abengoa") and
Purchaser with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2001.
This Amendment is being filed on behalf of the Company.  Capitalized terms used
and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Schedule 14D-9.

Item 4.  The Solicitation or Recommendation.

     Item 4, under the heading "Background of the Offer," is hereby amended to
read as follows:

     Management and the Company Board had discussed for several months their
belief that the market price of the Company Common Stock was not properly
reflecting the value of the Company and requested that an investment banking
firm make a presentation at the Board's April 19, 2001 meeting regarding
possible strategic alternatives for the Company.  At the April 19, 2001 meeting
of the Company Board, an investment banking firm that was familiar with the
agricultural and ethanol industries made a presentation to the directors
regarding the strategic alternatives for the Company of (i) remaining as an
operating entity in its current status, (ii) attempting to acquire other
operating companies, (iii) entering into a going-private transaction or (iv)
sale to a strategic partner.  The investment banking firm proposed that it serve
as the Company's financial advisor and provide financial services to it,
including, if the Company Board so approved, the preparation of an offering
memorandum relating to the disposition of the Company for distribution to
potential purchasers.  No engagement letter was ever entered into with such
investment banking firm.

     After the presentation at the April 19, 2001 meeting of the Company Board,
the Company Board discussed all of the alternatives presented by the investment
banking firm for increasing shareholder value and concluded the sale of the
Company to a strategic partner was in the best interest of the Company's
shareholders.  It was suggested that management meet with GAHS to discuss the
possible sale of the Company.

     On June 6 , 2001, the officers of the Company met with GAHS in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, to determine whether GAHS should be retained to assist the Company
with a merger, sale or any similar transaction.

     On July 18, 2001, the Company Board had a meeting to review a proposed
Engagement Agreement with GAHS pursuant to which GAHS would  assist the Company
with a merger, sale or any similar transaction.  The Company Board authorized
management to complete negotiations on the Engagement Agreement and enter into
the same with GAHS.

     On July 26, 2001, the Company entered into an Engagement Agreement with
GAHS wherein it retained  GAHS, for a minimum period of six months, as its
exclusive agent to assist it with a merger, sale or any similar transaction
related to the Company. GAHS subsequently began its due diligence on the Company
and began preparation of a Confidential Memorandum describing the Company, its
industry, its business and its financial performance.

     Additional information concerning the background of the Offer is set forth
in "Section 11. Background of the Offer and Merger" in the Offer to Purchase and
is incorporated herein  by reference.

     On October 1, 2001, the Company Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting
and management presented a non-binding proposal received by the Company from
Abengoa on September 19, 2001, which expired by its terms on October 3, 2001.
GAHS advised the directors at this meeting that its contacts with numerous
potentially interested parties indicated that the proposal received from Abengoa
on September 19, 2001, indicating serious interest in


acquiring the Company, should be pursued. The Company Board authorized execution
of an Exclusivity Letter, dated October 1, 2001.

     On October 30, 2001, Abengoa's proposal and the proposed Merger Agreement
were submitted to the Company's Transaction Committee and Company Board.  The
Company Board, based on the recommendation of the Transaction Committee,
unanimously approved the terms of the Merger Agreement.  Thereafter, legal
representatives of Purchaser and the Company finalized the Merger Agreement, and
the Merger Agreement was executed and delivered on November 1, 2001.

     On November 1, 2001, Abengoa and the Company issued a joint press release
announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement.

                                   SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


                              HIGH PLAINS CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ Gary R. Smith
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                              Gary R. Smith
                              Its President and Chief Executive Officer
                              Date: November 30, 2001