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Biodiesel newsUkraine aims to boost rapeseed cropUkraine aims to boost annual rapeseed production to at least 7 million tonnes in coming years from about 2.3 million in 2008, taking advantage of strong demand, a senior agriculture official said on Wednesday. «We can produce more than 7 million tonnes of rapeseed per year from about 3 million hectares,» Deputy Agriculture Minister Oleksander Shevchenko told an international biofuel conference in Kiev. 1 April 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Turkey: Oilseeds and Products Annual 2008Drought in 2007 sharply reduced domestic oilseed production, leading to higher imports of oilseeds, meal and vegetable oil in MY2007. Although domestic production of sunflower should rebound if weather patterns return to normal, forecast sharply lower cotton production will ensure strong import demand in MY2008. 21 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 RISOIL S.A. starts building oil extraction plant in UkraineSwiss RISOIL S.A. has got down to implementation of the project for the construction of an oil extraction plant in Uman (Cherkasy region, Center Ukraine). UKRINFORM learned this from the company press service. 18 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 O2diesel Corp - Enters Into a Licensing Agreement With KL Process Design Group to Develop Next Generation Cellulosic Ethanol Production in Europe and Other Expanding World MarketsEnters Into a Licensing Agreement With KL Process Design Group — to Develop Next Generation Cellulosic Ethanol Production in Europe — and Other Expanding World Markets O2Diesel Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, O2Diesel Europe, Plc, has signed a Technology License and Services Agreement with KL Process Design Group (KL) to develop the next generation of ethanol production known as Cellulosed-Based Ethanol (CBE). 12 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Malaysia Oilseeds and ProductsMalaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) production rose 2.7% to 1.4 MMT in January. The increase in palm oil production was more than the increase in palm oil exports, resulting in a rebound in carryout stocks at the end of January. The May future price for Malaysian palm oil soared to a new historic high at RM4,103/MT on Feb29. As the oil palms recover strongly from biological stress, Post has revised CPO production to 17.2 MMT for 2007/08. 10 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Titan Realizes Project for Construction of BiocomplexOn January 21, representatives of Dutch firms arrived in Omsk to implement the next stage of negotiations for realization of investment projects by the company «Titan — Agro» in Krasnodar region (construction of the factory for biodiesel production) and in Omsk region (construction of megafarms), reported the press-centre of Titan. 6 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 First commercial biofuel plane takes offThe world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took to the skies today. The Virgin Atlantic 747 took off on route from London Heathrow to Amsterdam using a 20% biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main fuel tanks. 24 February 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Landkom Produces Own Biofuel To Cut Running CostsLandkom International, a Ukrainian producer of high-value oil seed rape and wheat, said Friday that it has successfully produced its first biofuel which it will use to cut the running costs of its fleet of trucks and tractors. 22 February 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 German EOP to build agrarian objects in Zhytomyr regionThe German company European Oil Products BioDiesel AG will construct in Ukraine a number of agrarian objects. As many as 509 M. EUR will be invested into the project. 12 February 2008 'Grodno Azot' to Increase Production of Diesel Biofuel MixIn 2008, 'Grodno Azot' (Belarus) plans to make 100 thousand tons of diesel biofuel mix, 8.7 times more than in 2007. According to APK-Inform referring to BelTA currently underway is the project to increase the capacity of the methyl ether unit to 5 thousand tons per annum. 11 February 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 
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