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Soya Refined Dips on Global Cues
28/04/2017 (Hindu Business Line) - Majority of oils traded low on slack physical demand and weak global cues with soy refined declining to ₹613-15, while soy solvent ruled at ₹585-90. Palm oil quoted at ₹605-7, while cotton oil ruled at ₹595-97.
Crude Palm Oil Futures Marginally up on Rise in Demand
28/04/2017 (Daily News & Analysis) - Crude palm oil prices rose by 0.22 per cent to Rs 494.40 per 10 kg in futures market today amid pick up in demand at domestic spot market against restricted supplies from producing belts.
Farmers Trained on Oil Palm at Baghty
28/04/2017 (Eastern Mirror): Department of Agriculture, Baghty conducted farmers training on Oil Palm Cultivation under NMOOP programme on April 21 at Ruchayan circle.
Toshiba Fires up 50-MW Biomass Power Plant in Japan
28/04/2017 (Biomass Magazine) - Toshiba Corp. started commercial operation of its first ever biomass power plant on April 27, a 50-MW facility that will supply enough electricity for 80,000 households and reduce CO2 emissions to about 300,000 tons a year. The newly retrofitted Mikawa Power Plant, operated by Toshiba subsidiary SIGMA POWER Ariake Corporation (SPAC) in Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, has been equipped to burn biomass in a circulating fluidized bed boiler, and can handle a variety of fuels.
Pakistan Can Save $1.2Bn By Promoting Local Edible Oil
28/04/2017 (Daily Times) - Pakistan can save over $1.2 billion annually by encouraging the domestic edible oil sector, experts on extraction of edible oils opined.
Palm Oil Production, Development and The Environment
28/04/2017 (EURACTIV) - At the beginning of April, the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution on palm oil and rainforest destruction that includes setting up a single certification scheme for palm oil imports by 2020 to guarantee that only sustainably produced palm oil enters the European Union market and to require that information on food packaging or accessible through technological features indicates that any palm oil content is produced sustainably.
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch April 27
27/04/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
Rotterdam Vegetable Oil Prices
27/04/2017 (Reuters) - The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:
VEGOILS-Palm Reverses Losses, Tracks Rising Soyoil
27/04/2017 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil rebounded from earlier losses on Wednesday evening, rising for a third session in four as it was lifted by stronger performing soyoil and in a technical correction.
