Malaysia's biodiesel mandate to be delayed by 6 months


File pic: A laboratory technician works on Biodiesel 40% (B40) as he holds a bottle of oil at the Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in Jakarta, Indonesia. - Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's B20 biodiesel mandate will be delayed by about six months to early 2022, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry secretary general Ravi Muthayah.

"Nationwide we are giving priority for the government's post COVID-19 economic recovery plan, which is more crucial. We have limited resources and must identify priorities,” he told Bernama today.

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