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22-11-2012
Waste Plant Materials Remaining From Palm Oil Extraction Processes Can Now Be Converted Into a Useful Sugar
22/11/2012 (Phys.Org) - Palm oil extraction annually produces approximately 13 million tons of waste plant matter. Some of this by-product, known as empty fruit bunch (EFB), is currently incinerated to produce heat and electricity to run palm oil mills, but it is now on the path to a sweeter use. By adapting and optimizing an established technique to convert sugarcane bagasse and corn stover to the useful sugar xylose, a research team in Singapore, led by Jin Chuan Wu from the A*STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, has experimentally extracted high yields of xylose from EFB.
22-11-2012
Island in Focus: Farmers Suffer as Palm Oil Prices Fall
22/11/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Oil palm growers in Gunung Megang district, Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra have complained about lower palm oil prices following a glut in the market.
22-11-2012
Kubota Corp : First order for palm oil mill effluent treatment system in Malaysia ~ Kubota contributes to environmental improvement by raising effluent quality and recovering biogas with the membrane technology ~
22/11/2012 (4-Traders) - Kubota Corporation (Head Office: Naniwa-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Yasuo Masumoto; hereinafter referred to as "the Company") announces as follows that the Company has received a turnkey order for effluent treatment and biogas recovery system for the treatment of the effluent generated in the palm oil producing process in Sarawak, Malaysia.
22-11-2012
Pakistan Can Benefit From Indonesian Coconut, Oil Palm’
22/11/2012 (Daily Times) - Pakistan could benefit from the experience of Indonesia in the field of coconut and oil palm management.
22-11-2012
Kenanga Cuts KL Kepong To \'Underperform\'
22/11/2012 (Business Times) - Kenanga Research has cut its rating for Malaysian palm oil plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) to "underperform" from "market perform" after reducing its forecast for crude palm oil (CPO) prices.
22-11-2012
Crude Palm Oil Futures Soften on Global Cues
22/11/2012 (Economc Times) - Tracking a weak global trend, crude palm oil prices softened by Rs 1.90 to Rs 439.50 per 10 kg in futures trading today as speculators pruned their positions.
21-11-2012
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Slips, Off More Than 2-Wk High on Slowing Exports
21/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Tuesday, as investors booked profits after the contract hit a more than two week high earlier in the day and as export demand continued to show signs of slowing.
21-11-2012
Malaysian Palm Oil Association Looking For New ‘Younger and Dynamic’ CEO
21/11/2012 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) is still looking for a suitable candidate to succeed current chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Mamat Salleh, whose term will expire at end of next month.
21-11-2012
Lower Oilseed Meal Supply ‘Severely’ Cuts Livestock Feed Profit
21/11/2012 (Bloomberg) - Declining global soybean supplies will have a more severe effect on the livestock feed sector than the vegetable oil market because inventories of palm oil are ample, Oil World said.
21-11-2012
Public Investment Maintains Neutral on IOI Corp
21/11/2012 (The Star) - Public Investment Bank Research maintained Neutral on IOI Corporation with an unchanged target price of RM5.59 while reviewing its crude palm oil (CPO) outlook.
21-11-2012
RSPO Statement: On Recent Considerations Surrounding Palm Oil In France (Press Release)
21/112012 (Food Ingredients First) - As a world-wide multi stakeholder organization and international certification scheme for sustainable palm oil, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) intends to comment on the environmental aspects of the palm oil discussion which is taking place in France, partly in connection with and partly independent from the recent development on the proposed palm oil tax increase in France.
21-11-2012
Unilever Teams With Environmental Researcher To See If Deodorant Packaging Can Be Recycled
21/11/2012 (CosmeticsDesign.com USA) - Anglo-Dutch consumer products maker Unilever has teamed up with US-based environmental research company Earth911 to try and establish if it is economically viable to recycle deodorant packaging.