Cheaper fuels from today

The price of fuels as from today will be cheaper following a slide in the price that Enemalta, the fuel importer paid on the international market, the Department of Information said yesterday.

Unleaded petrol will sell for 46c3 per litre, a saving of 2c8; lead replacement petrol will sell for 49c3, also a saving of 2c8. Diesel consumers will save 2c per litre with a litre selling at 42c3; kerosene will sell at 42c4, an identical dip in price as with diesel. The following are the prices for fuel oil per tonne, with the saving in brackets.

Thin fuel oil, 200 degrees costs Lm156 (Lm2.50); thin fuel oil, 450 degrees sells at Lm150 (Lm3.50); thin fuel oil 950 cost Lm141 (Lm5).

There was no change in the price of light heating oil which costs 27c1 per litre.