Anticipating a price surge during the Onam festival, Kerafed is planning to distribute coconut oil to BPL (Below Poverty Line ...

THE proposed suspension of increasing biodiesel blends for motors and engines due to high coconut oil prices is a wake-up call for the coconut industry to boost production, said an official of D&L ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has postponed the planned increase of the mandated coconut‑oil biodiesel blend due to soaring international coconut oil prices, energy officials confirmed on Friday.

COCONUT product exports and domestic demand must take precedence before the government raises the coco-methyl ester (CME) content of biodiesel by 1 percentage point, Axelum Resources Corp. said.

THE government will suspend the implementation of a 4-percent biodiesel blend in all fuel sold nationwide which is supposed to start Oct. 1, 2025, due to the high cost of coconut oil, Department of ...

The mandated increase in coco-methyl ester (CME) blend in diesel fuel scheduled to be implemented this year and next is set to be suspended amid the high cost of coconut oil.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Energy (DOE) said on Friday, June 13, that it will postpone the rollout of higher biodiesel blends due to price pressures. According to Energy ...

Nonetheless, coconut farmers are happy over the prevailing prices of coconut oil, Lotilla added. Meantime, the NBB will review the implementation dates of the biofuel blend.

The Department of Energy (DOE) said that the resumption of the biodiesel blend increase will be under evaluation by the National Biofuels Board (NBB), following the suspension of the blend over tight ...

The DOE earlier said the higher CME blend would benefit coconut farmers, biodiesel producers and other stakeholders in the coconut industry.

A PROPOSAL to suspend the increase of the biofuel blend to 4 percent, originally scheduled in October, was presented before the National Biofuels Board, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) ...

Why are ice cream prices soaring this summer? Coconut oil, a crucial ingredient in the summer treat, is getting more expensive.