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Oil price-control proposal draws fire
Published on 05/07/2024
» Energy executives are challenging an attempt by the Ministry of Energy to amend the law to give it more power to control oil prices.
Fuel subsidies may exhaust oil fund
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/02/2024
» New measures to better support and manage the Oil Fuel Fund are needed amid growing concerns oil and gas subsidies from the fund will drain it empty, says the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
Ministry to probe gasohol shortage
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/11/2023
» The Energy Ministry vows to act against oil retailers illegally stockpiling the fuel following complaints about oil being sold out at petrol stations after a state policy to cut the prices of gasohol 91 and gasohol 95.
Department urges firms to home in on ESG
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Excise Department is advising business operators to accelerate adjustments by focusing on manufacturing products in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to prevent an embargo on imports, says director general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
Ethanol to be used in making bioplastics
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/06/2023
» The cabinet has endorsed the promotion of the use of ethanol to produce bioplastics to create environmentally-friendly materials, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.
Ethanol tax incentives mulled
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/03/2023
» The Finance Ministry stands ready to use tax measures to support the use of ethanol to produce bio-ethylene, a major feedstock used for making bio-based polyethylene, says a ministry source who requested anonymity.
Call for more state promotion of ethanol
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/07/2022
» The Tapioca Ethanol Association is urging energy policymakers to promote more use of cassava-based ethanol in order to help motorists cope with high fuel bills, which have been driven up by the global oil price surge.
Ever-reliable buttresses
Business, Published on 15/11/2021
» Despite the severe impact of Covid-19 on many sectors this year, the Thai ecconomy is expected to perform well next year, contributed by some key sectors after the country's reopening on Nov 1.
Sanitiser dearth continues
Business, Published on 08/04/2020
» Despite policymakers removing regulations to allow ethanol producers to make alcohol for hand sanitisers, disinfecting alcohol still remains in short supply at many convenience stores and pharmacies.
Drought to hike prices of tapioca
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/02/2020
» Tapioca prices are expected to rise thanks to widespread drought, which cut production in certain areas in the country by 30%, with lower production in neighbouring countries also anticipated because of the drought and the cassava mosaic disease.