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04.07.08
Kenyan Company Plans $330 Million Biofuel Project
Kenya-based Mumias Sugar Company is planning a $330 million biofuel project, inc...
04.04.08
German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said today he had stopped government ...
04.01.08
US Soybean and Wheat Crops To Increase in 2008
U.S. farmers will plant more soybean and wheat this year after prices reached re...
03.31.08
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s quarterly Marketbasket Survey, an informal...
03.28.08
Malaysian Palm Oil Futures up 15%
In Malaysia, crude palm oil futures have risen nearly 15% since the start of the...
03.27.08
Brasil Ecodiesel Reports $22 Million Loss
Brasil Ecodiesel said it produced 53% of Brazil's total biodiesel output in 2007...
03.26.08
Argentine Farmers' Strike Enters 14th Day
A strike by Argentine farmers over increased export taxes for their products ent...
03.25.08
Shell & ExxonMobile May Sell UK Biofuels Company
Media reports says that UK biofuels company Infineum, co-owned by Shell and Exxo...
03.24.08
Heating Oil Prices Hit New High
Record high crude costs and weather-related demand have taken heating fuel price...
03.20.08
US Firm To Build 1000 Biofuel Fueling Stations
Delaware-based Alternative Fuel Distributors, Inc (AFD) says it plans to build a...
Germany Biodiesel Tax To Increase
10.25.07
According to Berliner Zeitung, the German Finance Minister will propose a $0.12 per liter tax on domestic biodiesel, effective August 1, 2008
The new tax will substantially increase the current tax that is cited by the German biodiesel industry as a prime factor for the slowdown in domestic production.
Plants in Germany are reported to be operating at 40-50% capacity because of high rapeseed costs and domestic taxation. The government will propose mandatory biodiesel usage as a production incentive.
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