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23-03-2007
Bio-diesel plant to be set up using nuts instead of palm oil
22/3/07 ( Junalo, Germany) - A joint venture using nuts as a greener alternative to palm oil as a transport fuel is setting up two plants in Singapore, participants said in published report Thursday.Van Der Horst Bio-Diesel (VDH) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering are focusing on the Jatropha curcas nut.
23-03-2007
Oils, fats producers told to join forces to save costs
23/3/07 (Business Times) - OILS and fats producers need to work collectively to overcome potential shortages and create synergy that can have a favourable impact on their production costs, said Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.
23-03-2007
'Free Trade' Descends on Biofuel Arena
21/3/07 (Green Option) - Under a memo of understanding signed earlier in the day by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazil Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, the two nations pledged closer cooperation on researching alternative energy production, promoting alternative fuels in the region and developing industrywide standards and codes that could lay the groundwork for a global biofuels market.
23-03-2007
KL Kepong to expand, sees firm palm oil
21/03/07: (The Edge News) - Plantation firm Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd plans to expand its plantation business in Indonesia as it expects palm oil prices to rise, its chief said in an interview on March 21.
23-03-2007
Malaysian palm oil rises slightly on firm soyoil
21/3/07 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian palm oil futures rose marginally on Wednesday tracking gains in rival soybean oil on the Chicago Board of Trade.
23-03-2007
New Biodiesel Production Method Developed by DOE Scientists
21/3/07 (UPI Science News) - A new material developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory might replace a costly process in biodiesel production.
23-03-2007
PERFORMANCE OF THE MALAYSIAN PALM OIL INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 2007
19-03-2007
Astra's Gultom Says Quarterly Palm Oil Output to Drop
15/3/07 (Bloomberg) -- PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia's largest plantation company, will have its smallest palm oil crop in five quarters in the three months to March as the impact of drought lingers, President-Director Maruli Gultom said.
19-03-2007
Importing palm oil for bio-diesel production under consideration
18/3/07 BANGKOK,(TNA) - The government may allow imports of palm oil to produce bio-diesel due to a shortage of palm oil in Thailand, said Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand.
19-03-2007
Turning palm oil waste into drinking water
16/3/07 (NSTP) NIBONG TEBAL - While Singapore has NEWater, which is waste water that has been purified, Malaysia may soon have drinking water from palm oil waste.
19-03-2007
Palm oil imports likely to be up by 40 p.c
16/3/07 Mumbai (PTI): An increased appetite for palm oil in the country will drive up its imports by around 40 per cent at 46 lakh tonnes in 2006-07 as against 33 lakh tonnes in 2005-06, an industry expert said.
19-03-2007
Malaysia's palm oil output set to rise
15/3/07 (Bloomberg) - MALAYSIA, the world's largest palm oil producer, may raise output by 2 million tonnes a year by boosting yields as the country runs short of new plantation land, the head of the nation's palm oil council said.