Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is seeking 5.4 million kiloliters of fatty acid methyl ester over 2014-2014 for gasoil blending through tender, company officials said late Thursday. The tender, which is limited to domestic companies ...
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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced that together with DONG Energy (Denmark) it has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars from wheat straw on an industrial scale. The combined ...
State biodiesel research aims to find new opportunities, increase soybean oil demand As biodiesel production grows, so do soybean farmers' profits. Biodiesel helps drive demand for U.S. soybean oil, which is why many state soybean ...
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Look around at the number industrial uses for U.S. soy. The engine manufacturers that support the use of biodiesel in their engines. Or the farm-equipment companies that use soy-based body panels. Or the car companies that use soy-based ...
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The Ontario Tories are pushing forward with their proposed biodiesel mandate and the Ontario Trucking Association is once again pushing back. The government wants to paint Ontario's trucks and buses a brighter shade of green with a ...
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For travelers visiting Japan this Christmas, a couple of design websites have compiled some must see lighting decoration sites. According to a Philips Lighting blog entry, while Japanese do not celebrate Christmas they are quite keen on ...
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Global demand for gasoline will remain flat from 2014-2040, but global demand for diesel should grow by about 75% over the period to meet the needs of trucks and other commercial transportation, ExxonMobil said Thursday in its annual ...
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Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, announced a strategic joint development agreement aimed at ...
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The European Biodiesel Board, a major group of biodiesel producers, hailed on Tuesday a decision by the European Commission to slap definitive antidumping duties against what it called "unfair imports" of soybean- and palm oil-based ...
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Prices for 2013 US biomass-based diesel renewable credits, also known as RINs, dropped Tuesday to $0.23/RIN, the lowest level recorded by Platts, on strong supply and weak demand, sources said. Specifically, biodiesel RINs -- categorized ...
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The province of Ontario has announced a new biodiesel mandate, which will require a 2% biofuel component in on- and off-road diesel beginning in April 2014, and ramping up to 4% in 2015. The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) said it will ...
US biodiesel exports hit a new record high in August at 96,792 mt, up 61% from July and almost double the volume from the same period of 2012, according to data the International Trade Commission released Monday. Canada, at 41,155 mt, was ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company today reported financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013. The company reported adjusted earnings per share1 of $0.46, down from $0.53 in the same period last year. Net earnings for the quarter ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has completed the sale of Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas, for C$645m. Rothsay is a major rendering company in Canada and a producer of biodiesel with six rendering ...
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Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has unveiled a new truck engine, 730 hp V8, which will join its Euro 6 engines. With this launch, the company's Euro 6 range now comprises 15 variants. Claimed to be the most powerful Euro ...
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