Amiworld to increase Colombian palm oil biodiesel prodcution by 300 percent

In Colombia, Amiworld said that it plans to increase biodiesel production by 300 percent, to 108,000 tonnes by 2009, and has signed an $8.6 million facility expansion agreement with FISS Project Development Petroleum. The company operates the only (government certified) biodiesel plant in Colombia, and uses palm oil as a feedstock.

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