Industry News 
05.13.09
India To Import Record Amount of Vegetable Oil
India may import a record amount of vegetable oil (8 million mt) in the year end...
05.13.09
Mission To Complete Second Malaysian Biodiesel Plant
Mission NewEnergy has raised $5 million to complete its second 30 million gal/yr...
05.13.09
US Oilseed Production Expected To Increase 6%
US oilseed production for 2009/10 is projected at 94.5 million tons, up 6% from ...
05.11.09
EU Becoming Main Importer of Argentine Biodiesel
The EU has become the main importer of Argentine biodiesel since December, 2008,...
05.11.09
Palm Oil Likely To End its Rally
Palm oil may be ending its fastest rally in almost seven years and drop 25% to $...
05.08.09
Biodiesel Companies In Indonesia Request Government Intervention
Indonesia's palm-based biodiesel firms are awaiting a fair price formula and su...
05.08.09
EU Ethanol Production Increases 60% In 2008
European ethanol production increased 60% in 2008, up from an 11% growth in 2007...
05.08.09
RINs To Become More Complicated with RFS2
Under the proposed RFS-2, Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) will have to b...
05.08.09
Global Biofuel Market Worth $30 Bln in 2008
According to a new report from BCC Research, the global market for liquid biofue...
05.06.09
Obama To Form Interagency Biofuels Group
President Obama issued a presidential directive to the US Secretary of Agricultu...
Indonesian Biodiesel Industry Says It Is Struggling
03.20.08
Indonesia’s biodiesel industry is dealing with imposition of a 2% export tax on biodiesel, delays in mandating the use of biodiesel, and a reduction in the mandated national bio-diesel blend from 5% to 2.5%, according to the Indonesia's Association of Biofuel Producers.
Last year, Indonesia unveiled a plan to become a hub for biofuel production and secured 58 production agreements worth $12.4 billion. To date, only nine biodiesel plants have been built and only four are operating, because of high feedstock costs. The four operating plants, with combined annual capacity of 810,000 mt, are at 15% of capacity.
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