Malaysia to implement B10 biodiesel mandate by October


Its Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said on Monday: "We are looking at about one million tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) usage per year from the B10 biodiesel programme.”

Presently, Malaysia is using the B7 biodiesel programme which was implemented in end-2014.

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