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27-01-2005
Cargill expands vegetable oil market in Russia
1/26/2005 - Food ingredients behemoth Cargill drives into growing Russianvegetable oil market, breaking ground on its first refinery in thecountry.
27-01-2005
CBIP to run palm oil mills by next year
Saturday January 22, 2005 - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) plansto start operating palm oil mills by next year in a move to expand itscore business of manufacturing such mills for its customers, said managingdirector Lim Chai Beng.
27-01-2005
Government nod sought for bio-diesel plant
Sunday January 23, 2005 MIRI: The Plantations, Industries and CommoditiesMinistry is seeking the Government’s approval to set up a RM200milrefinery to produce bio-diesel from palm oil.
27-01-2005
Indian differential duty regime impacts Malaysian
Mumbai, Jan 19 : Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC) today saidthat the differential duty structure imposed by India for crude palm oil(CPO), refined oil and soyabean oil is adversely impacting the palm oilprices of Malaysia.
27-01-2005
Indonesia oil palm plantation boost for Delloyd
Tuesday January 25, 2005 - THE proposed purchase of an oil palm plantationin Indonesia by motor vehicle parts maker Delloyd Ventures Bhd wasadversely received by investors, its share price closing 22 sen lower atRM2.46 when the stock was re-quoted yesterday.
27-01-2005
Oil palm research takes off in Colombia
21 January 2005 [BOGOTA] Plans to increase Colombia's share of the globalpalm oil market received a boost last month when the Centre for Oil PalmResearch, Cenipalma, opened its first research station.
27-01-2005
Trisuria To Implement It Project For Sabah Port
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Tricubes Bhd's associate company,Tricubes Suria Sdn Bhd (Trisuria), has been awarded a RM9.183 millioncontract to implement select software, hardware and services for SabahPort Sdn Bhd's integrated Port Management System project.
27-01-2005
Vegetable Oil May Be Used As Bio-Fuel
NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- The potential of using vegetable oils, suchas palm oil and soya oil as bio-fuels is increasing considerably aspetroleum crude prices continue to rule high.
20-01-2005
Brazil's soybean boom contributing to deforestatio
1/19/2005 Miami Herald - New evidence that the rapid expansion of Brazil'sexport-fuelled agriculture sector is contributing to the deforestation ofthe Amazon rain forest is emerging from a study being finalised by a groupof leading environmental organisations.
20-01-2005
CB Ind: Two-digit revenue growth if palm oil’s goo
20/1/05 - CB INDUSTRIAL Product Holding Bhd is expecting double-digitgrowth in revenue for its current year ending December 31 2005 if the palmoil industry sustains its good run.
20-01-2005
Indonesia's PTPN III, Partners To Build Panel Wood
JAKARTA, Jan 18 Asia Pulse - State-owned plantation company PTPN III inMedan said it will build a panel wood plant in cooperation with investorsfrom China and Japan.
20-01-2005
MARKET TALK
19/1/05Indonesia Palm Oil Lower On Weak Demand(Dow Jones)--Indonesia palm oil prices lower amid sluggish buyinginterest as weak soyoil, excess supply continued to drive prices lower.CPO in Medan was traded lower at IDR3,310/kg vs IDR3,350/kg yesterday."Buyers aren't keen to buy. They see that there's still room for theprices to go lower," says trader in Medan. RBD Olein in Jakarta was tradedlower at IDR3,700/kg. It was offered at IDR3,750/kg yesterday, but notrades were reported.