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20-05-2011
India\'s Palm Oil Import May Fall
20/05/2011 (Economic Times) - India, the world's biggest user of cooking oil after China, will assure higher oilseeds prices for farmers, helping them boost output of soyabeans and peanuts and potentially reducing imports of palm oil.
20-05-2011
Dompok Leaves For US On Sunday For Palm Oil & Rubber Promotion Mission
20/05/2011 (Bernama) - Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok will make a four-day working visit to the United States from Sunday to promote palm oil and rubber.
20-05-2011
Indonesia Astra Agro Sees 2011 Crude Palm Oil Output up Over 10pct
20/05/2011 (Reuters) - Astra Agro Lestari , Indonesia's largest listed plantation firm, expect its crude palm oil (CPO) production to grow more than 10 percent this year, due to maturing plantations, the company said on Thursday.
20-05-2011
Crude Palm Oil Futures up on Global Cues
20/05/2011 (Economic Times) - Crude palm oil prices went up by Rs 3.40 to Rs 527.90 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators enlarged their positions on the back of firming global trend.
20-05-2011
B5 Biodiesel Scheme to Start With Putrajaya
20/05/2011 (The Star) - The Government is set to implement the B5 biodiesel programme next month starting with Putrajaya, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said.
20-05-2011
Sime Darby to Invest $3.1 bln in Liberia Project
20/05/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby said on Thursday it plans to invest about $3.1billion over 15 years in its Liberian oil palm plantation project and expects production to begin by 2015.
20-05-2011
Plantation alleges illegal harvesting of oil palm
20/05/2011 (Borneo Post) - The authorities are urged to take immediate action against those owners of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land who allegedly harvest mature oil palm fruits on their own in Dijih Plantation in Selangau.
20-05-2011
Moratorium Issued to Protect Primary Forests, Peatland
20/05/2011 (Jakarta Post) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday finally signed a policy banning the conversion of primary forest and peatland for two years as part of a government pledge to combat climate change through reducing deforestation.
19-05-2011
MIGHT To Open Office In New York Next Month
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - The Malaysian Industry- Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) will open an office in New York City, aimed at bringing together thought-leadership from a variety of international scientific research, technology and innovation policy communities from around the world.
19-05-2011
Malaysia To Tie Up With US Companies For Oil Palm Biomass Based Power, Says Najib
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysia will carry out biomass projects using waste from the oil palm industry to produce electric power, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
19-05-2011
OSK Maintains \"Sell\" Call On IOI Corp
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - OSK Research has maintained a \"sell\" call on IOI Corporation and lowered the target price to RM4.39 from RM4.41 due to aging trees despite the higher crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) prices.
19-05-2011
Palm Oil Imports by India May Decline as Farmers Boost Oilseed Production
19/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s biggest user of cooking oil after China, will assure higher oilseeds prices for farmers, helping them boost output of soybeans and peanuts and potentially reducing imports of palm oil.