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17-10-2006
Palm oil shippers brace for shortage of space
16/10/06 (NSTP) - THE impending entry of the MARPOL Annex II and the International Bulk Chemicals Code effective 1 January 2007 that will affect all vessels engaged in the carriage of chemicals and vegetable oil is expected to create severe shortage of shipping space for palm oil shippers in Malaysia.
12-10-2006
September palm oil output up 4.73%
11/10/06 (The Edge News) - Malaysia's crude palm oil output rose 4.73% in September from the previous month to 1,609,939 tonnes, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board said on Oct 11.
12-10-2006
Palm oil processors get P50-M credit line
10/08/2006 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - STATE-RUN SMALL BUSINESS Guarantee and Finance Corp. said it had approved a P50-million wholesale credit line to help spur the development of the palm oil processing industry in Bohol and some parts of Mindanao.
12-10-2006
Oil Palm India to focus on Malabar region
7/10/06 (The Hindu) - KOTTAYAM: Kottayam-based Oil Palm India Ltd. (OPIL) a Central-State joint venture, has decided to focus on the Malabar region for expansion of oil palm cultivation, company chairman V.B. Binu has said.
12-10-2006
Polluting mill gets stop-work order
10 Oct 2006(NSTP) - KULAI: A palm oil mill in Kelapa Sawit found polluting the air was issued a stop-work order yesterday.
12-10-2006
Electrified fence a success
9/10/06 (Daily Express News) - Sandakan: A village has succeeded in protecting its oil palm crop and cemetery from damage by wild elephants by erecting an electrified fence.
12-10-2006
A Dangerous Fat and Its Risky Alternatives
10/10/06 (New York Times) - Outlandish portions. Sky-high salt content. Employees who don't wash their hands. There are hazards aplenty at your favorite restaurant, but now health officials in New York and Chicago believe that they have cornered a real killer in the kitchen: the trans fats in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils used for frying and baking
12-10-2006
Group pilots use of biofuels to expand mobile coverage
11/10/2006 (EE Times Europe) - LONDON - Ericssson has joined forces with the GSM Association and multinational telecommunications group MTN to promote the use of biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world.
12-10-2006
CPO prices may fall further on cheaper oil
10/10/06 (NSTP) - CRUDE palm oil prices (CPO), which have weakened 6 per cent over the past three months, may soften further, dragged by depressed crude oil prices when compared with palm oil-based biodiesel.
12-10-2006
Austrian Firm Begins Construction on Biodiesel Plant in China
10/10/06 NANJING (Xinhua) -- Austrian company Biolux on Tuesday started construction on a wholly-owned project to produce biological diesel oil in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
04-10-2006
Tariff value on palm oil retained
3/10/06 (New Kerala) New Delhi, - The Government has retained the base price for levying import duty on palm oil to keep their prices under check.
04-10-2006
Palm oil to fetch better prices
3/10/06 (The Star) - MUAR: Demand for bio-diesel fuel will boost palm oil prices, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.