KUALA LUMPUR – According to economic research reports provided by Kenanga Research and Phillip Capital, Malaysia’s domestic Producer Price Index (PPI) and transportation inflation are rapidly rising. Key industry indices, including housing, water, power, gas and freight transport, rose sharply as global Brent crude breached the USD100 per barrel level. While retail consumer prices are largely protected by the Budi95 fuel quota scheme, industrial producers, logistical networks, and commercial processing facilities are compelled to absorb unsubsidised energy input inflation directly. For energy-intensive industrial operations looking to protect their operational budgets from volatile energy surcharges, switching boiler systems to price-stabilized, locally recovered alternative thermal fuels like Re-refined Base Oil (RRBO) provides an immediate cost-cutting mechanism that reduces thermal energy expenses while advancing corporate decarbonisation goals.
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(Source: The Star)