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11-01-2007
ASEAN leaders to press for revival of trade talks
11/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will urge all the members of the 149-nation World Trade Organization (WTO), especially the major players involved in the Doha Round trade talks, to resume and push forward with the negotiating process.
11-01-2007
India To Own First Bio-Diesel Plant
CHIDAMBARAM, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- A United States based biofuel company in association with Indian petroleum majors and National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, would set up the first bio-diesel pilot plant using solid catalyst, by 2008, according to a top scientist Thursday.
10-01-2007
Indonesia, China firms in US$5.5bil biofuel deal
19/1/07 (Reuters) - JAKARTA: Palm oil producer PT SMART Tbk yesterday announced a US$5.5bil biofuel deal with China oil major CNOOC and a Hong Kong energy firm, a major boost for both nations- efforts to secure alternative fuel sources.
10-01-2007
Trans fat issue: There goes the brand
8/1/07 (Lexington Herald-Leader) ATLANTA - Unhappy customers started calling soon after McDonald's announced plans in 2002 to reduce trans fats in french fries.
10-01-2007
Singapore to trade palm oil futures in US$
5/1/07 (Bloomberg) JAKARTA - Singapore will introduce a palm oil futures contract valued in dollars by the end of March to tap rising investor interest in the world's most traded vegetable oil as an alternative fuel.
10-01-2007
Pakistan likely to review palm oil import duty by next month
6/1/07 (Reuters) ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is likely to review import duty structure on palm oil by February in response to a Malaysian request to cut the tariff, a senior government official said yesterday.
10-01-2007
Brazil's biodiesel market suffers growing pains
26/12/06 RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Billed as a way to cut diesel imports, boost local employment and reduce pollution, Brazil's biodiesel program is running into serious obstacles, but the government says they can be resolved.
10-01-2007
Soybeans Prices Fall as Demand for Crop-Based Fuels May Decline
4/1/07 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans fell for a second day in Chicago, after ending 2006 on a 16-month high, on speculation demand to make diesel fuel from oilseeds will decline.
10-01-2007
New rule on tankers may raise palm oil transportation tariffs
9/1/07 JAKARTA (Antara): The Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (Gapki) has feared that new rule on the use of tankers with double-wall holds would raise the palm oil transportation tariffs by 20 percent.
10-01-2007
Soybean Prices May Be Poised for Major Increase
9/1/2007 (soyatech.com)-- Bloomberg News reports that soybean prices may be headed for the biggest jump in three decades as farmers plant more fields with corn. U.S. farmers are preparing to sow the fewest acres of soybeans in 10 years.
08-01-2007
JADE Crude Palm Oil Futures Contract Receives Regulatory Approval and JADE Management Team Expands with Appointment of CEO
4/1/07 SINGAPORE (PRNewswire) -- Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) is pleased to announce the approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) of its second product, Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Futures Contract. In consultation with market participants, the CPO futures contract is targeted for launch in the first quarter of 2007.
08-01-2007
Malaysian company to produce bio-fuel from nipah palm
7/1/07 (AP)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian company is building what it says is the world's first plant to commercially produce ethanol from nipah palm trees, with the product aimed mainly for export to countries looking for alternatives to gasoline, its chairman said Saturday.