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Palm oil boon may well be biodiesel bane

By Zaidi Isham Ismail

April 19 2007, Business Times, Malaysia

Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) prices have soared to record levels, but, ironically, may also hurt another equally lucrative and rejuvenated sector - palm oil-based biodiesel.

This is because CPO, the main raw material needed to make biodiesel, is set to become more expensive than the selling price of biodiesel, says this report.

Read the full news report here @ Business Times, Malaysia

Labels: asia, economics, malaysia, prices, sustainability

Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Centre Set To Boost Biodiesel Sector

April 20, 2007, Bernama, Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, April 20 (Bernama) -- The establishment of Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Centre Sdn Bhd here by Yanmar Co Ltd, a Japanese manufacturer of diesel engines and its allied machinery, is expected to further boost Sabah's biodiesel industry.

Sabah, the biggest palm oil producing state in Malaysia, was currently at the forefront of developing biodiesel from palm oil.

Read the full report from here @ Bernama, Malaysia

Labels: asia, biodiesel, malaysia

Rabobank warns of overcapacity in biodiesel

March 09, 2007

HONG KONG: Asia may see a large overcapacity in biodiesel due to an investment boom in Malaysia and Indonesia, Rabobank analysts warned on Thursday.

Though less than half of biodiesel projects currently planned are likely to be realised, Asia may see a surplus capacity of more than one million tonnes a year by 2010, analysts said.

Read the full story here @ Daily Times, Pakistan

Labels: asia, biodiesel, indonesia, malaysia