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10-08-2013
Colombian Bagasse-To-Ethanol Project Sealed With Agreement
10/08/2013 (Biofuels International) - An agreement between the US and Colombia hopes to increase the amount of sugarcane residue and palm oil harvesting intended for fuel ethanol and future blending.
10-08-2013
A Lesson in Costa Rican Agriculture
10/08/2013 (Delano Herald Journal) - Pineapples, coffee, and bananas may not be cash crops in Minnesota, but they are in Costa Rica, and two representatives from DC FFA recently toured the country learning about the growing and harvesting of these tropical staples.
10-08-2013
(PRESS RELEASE) - New Britain Palm Oil Rating Reiterated by Panmure Gordon (NBPO)
10/08/2013 (Watch List News) - Panmure Gordon reissued their buy rating on shares of New Britain Palm Oil (LON:NBPO) in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday morning, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. The firm currently has a GBX 650 ($9.94) price target on the stock.
10-08-2013
(PRESS RELEASE) - Cameroon\'s Chimps Find Themselves in Palm Oil\'s Firing Line
10/08/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - In hindsight, it was always evident that visiting the Cameroonian rainforest at the height of rainy season would present a unique set of problems.
09-08-2013
Consumer Groups Slam Greenwashing in Sustainable Palm Oil Marketing
09/08/2013 (National Geographic) - Consumer groups Palm Oil Investigations of Australia (POI) and Palm Oil Consumers Action (POCA) of the United States issued a joint statement against the green-washing that is prevalent among Western brands that use palm oil in their products.
09-08-2013
Hike in Refined Palm Oil Import Duty on Cards
09/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The Government may soon hike the import duty on refined palm oil (mainly refined, bleached and deodorised or RBD palmolein). The current duty is 7.5 per cent.
09-08-2013
FAO Food Price Index Falls for Third Consecutive Month
09/08/2013 (Commodities Now) - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June and 7 points (or 3.3 percent) lower than in July 2012. The decline in July, which marked the third consecutive monthly drop, was largely driven by lower international prices for grains, soy and palm oil while sugar, meat and dairy quotations were also down from the previous month.
09-08-2013
Palm Oil: Consumer Council Impounds Scooped Palm Oil in Kano
09/08/2013 (Afrique en Ligue) - Consumer Protection Council - Officials of the Kano state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) yesterday impounded and trucks conveying the contaminated palm oil which was scooped from drainages after the tanker conveying it crashed at the Club Road Roundabout in Kano.
09-08-2013
Africa: Could China Lead the Race to Save Tropical Forests?
09/08/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - The world's tropical forests - the planet's lungs - are in rapid decline.
09-08-2013
Reactivating Nigeria’s Oil Palm Industry
09/08/2013 (BusinessDay) - A Research by BusinessDay Research and Intelligence Unit(BRIU)
09-08-2013
US Palm Oil Project Would Destroy Endangered Chimpanzee Habitat in Cameroon
09/08/2013 (WebWire) - The endangered Chimpanzee stands to have swathes of its forest habitat in Cameroon destroyed if a US company’s controversial plans to establish a palm oil plantation in the area are not stopped.
09-08-2013
Ample Supply Seen Capping Edible Oils’ Rise
09/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market was mixed on Thursday. Following improved festival demand, sentiment in indigenous oils ruled firm at producing level pushing groundnut oil by Rs 10, sunflower expeller oil and cotton refined oil by Rs 5 each in Mumbai.