Asian palm oil producers offers to work with EU as it readies new food rules
[KUALA LUMPUR] Asian palm oil producers, long at loggerheads with the European Union over curbs on imports of the edible oil, have offered to “work together” with the European Commission in drafting rules for the EU’s latest “Farm to Fork” food supply policy.
Euro 5 upgrade delayed at 6 refineries
The enforcement of Euro 5 emissions standards will be postponed from 2024 after lockdown measures halted upgrade plans at six refineries, says the Energy Business Department. The upgrade requires technical help from overseas experts who are unable to visit Thailand because of travel restrictions imposed during the pandemic, said department chief Nanthika Thangsupanich.
IEAT to seek more waste-to-energy help
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) will ask energy officials to increase support of waste-to-energy schemes to better dispose of increasing amounts of industrial waste caused by state promotion of domestic investment.
Fueling the future, with organic waste
Shan State’s Inle is one of the most beautiful places in the country, perhaps in the region, so clean are the town’s air and the water flowing through the mountain streams. Situated in this “little heaven on earth”, as one Trip Advisor review puts it, is Oakkar Phyo Maung’s Horse Club. The Inle Horse club […]
Govt targets six waste-to-energy plants by 2021, says minister
MELAKA, July 3 — The Ministry of Housing and Local Government aims to have at least six waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to be built nationwide by 2021. Minister of Housing and Local Government Zuraida Kamaruddin said the WTE system is cleaner, more productive and economical than conventional landfill that requires a large area of land.
Indonesia’s Pertamina to start production of B100 biodiesel next year: CEO
JAKARTA: Indonesia state oil company PT Pertamina will start producing 3,000 barrels per day of ‘green’ diesel made from 100 per cent palm oil starting in June next year, CEO Nicke Widyawati told Parliament on Monday.
Malaysia palm plantations urge government to let foreign workers return
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian palm plantations have urged the government to let foreign workers return, warning of severe damage to the palm-oil industry if it is not granted an exemption from a hiring freeze. The Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association implored the government in a statement on Friday to consider the survival and sustainability of the sector and […]
Vietnam cuts ethanol import tariffs from 10 July
Vietnam will lower tariffs on ethanol imports to 15pc for all grades from 10 July, though fuel ethanol trade seems unlikely to increase. The change cuts tariffs from 17pc for 100pc pure ethanol and 20pc for 99pc or below for any country that does not have a free trade agreement with Vietnam.
