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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Supply tightening boosts value for Malaysian palm oil
Govt Plans To Increase Oilseed Production in 12th Five Year Plan
24/09/2012 (Business Standard) - The government has prepared a programme in the 12th Five Year Plan to increase production of oilseeds as well as enhance oil palm cultivation.
Commodity Weekly Report September 23 2012
24/09/2012 (Borneo Post) - Last week, the slowdown in China’s manufacturing and decline in Japan’s exports put a lid in crude oil prices.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Drops To Over 11-Mth Low on Rising Stocks
22/09/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Friday to their lowest in more than 11 months, posting their worst week since March last year as rising inventories and overnight losses in U.S. soybeans weighed on prices.
Rising Malaysia Reserves To Deepen Palm’s Discount To Soyoil
22/09/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm’s discount to soybean oil, which reached the biggest in four years this month, is poised to widen as output in Malaysia climbs, boosting inventories in the second-largest grower. The tropical oil fell to the lowest level since October 2010.
India\'s 2012/13 Edible Oil Imports To Surge To Record-Expert
22/09/2012 (Reuters) - India's edible oil imports should rise 5.4 percent to a record 10.31 million tonnes in 2012/13, with the entire increase met by palm oil, a leading industry official said on Friday.
Malaysia Produced 80 Million Tonnes Of Oil Palm Biomass Last Year
22/09/2012 (Bernama) - Malaysia produced an estimated 80 million tonnes dry weight of oil palm biomass in 2011, reflecting the importance and significant potential of biomass, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin.
Sabah Embarks On Aggressive Green Energy Policies
22/09/2012 (Bernama) - The Sabah government is embarking on aggressive policies to promote large-scale use of renewable or green energy.
Adjudged for Innovation
22/09/2012 (LBT) - Watawala Plantations PLC, a subsidiary of Sunshine Holdings PLC, emerged the winner of the award for Institutional Building at the Asia Pacific HRM Congress (APHC) awards ceremony held in Bangalore, India on the 7th of September. It’s parent Company Sunshine Holdings PLC, a diversified holding company, named amongst the LMD top 50 has interests in Healthcare, Plantations, FMCG, Packaging, Leisure and renewable Energy among other growth industries. The group's key portfolio includes plantation infrastructure across Palm Oil, Tea & Rubber, along with mature Healthcare products in Pharmaceutical, Surgical, Diagnostics & Wellness supported by a dynamic proprietary distribution infrastructure with an island wide reach.
IOI Corp Places Among Most Profitable Planters
22/09/2012 (Borneo Post) - IOI Corporation Bhd’s (IOI Corp) lean production costs for its oil palm plantations place it among the most profitable planters in Malaysia.
