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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
IOI’s Q4 Net Profit Down 27%
28/08/2012 (The Sun Daily) - IOI Corp Bhd saw its net profit for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2012 (Q4) fall 27% to RM401.6 million from RM547.8 million a year ago, mainly due to lower profit from its plantation and resource-based manufacturing segments as well as translation loss on foreign currency denominated borrowings.
Any End to Nigeria’s Dependence on Imported Vegetable Oil
28/08/2012 (THISDAY Live) - Crusoe Osagie highlights the success of Presco Oil Palm Plc, a local vegetable oil producer as a possible model that could be adopted to liberate Nigeria from its dangerous dependence on imported oil
Long Road Ahead For Commercial Viability of Biodiesel Alternate
27/08/2012 (Borneo Post) - Biofuel came under the spotlight approximately seven years ago, as the government launched its National Biofuels Policy 2005 as a means to promote the usage of biofuels, leveraging on Malaysia’s ideal climate required to produce oil palms.
Refiners To Pay Less For Palm in Malaysia\'s Top Producing State -Paper
27/08/2012 (Reuters) - Refiners in Malaysia's top oil palm growing state of Sabah will pay millers less for edible oil from next month to preserve margins and better compete with Indonesia, the Business Times reported on Monday, in a move likely to hit planters' revenues.
The Orangutan Population is On The Brink
27/08/2012 (CBS News) - The natural home of the orangutan is the leafy rain forests on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, but development has devastated their numbers. There are less than 30,000 of the species left today.
Wilmar Takeovers Looming After Stock’s Decline: Real M&A
27/08/2012 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL) needs an acquisition to reduce its dependence on a money-losing, oilseed- crushing business in China as the company trades at a 65 percent discount to sales.
Thailand To Export High Quality Goods To China
27/08/2012 (China Daily) - Thailand is bound to export high quality products to China in the next decade, an expert said on Sunday.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Inches Up, Posts 2nd Straight Weekly Gain
25/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures edged higher on Friday, rising 3.6 percent in a second straight weekly gain as global oilseed supply fears and rising export demand supported prices.
Africa: Industrial Palm Oil Expansion in Africa - Not to Be At the Cost of Forests and People (PRESS RELEASE)
25/08/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - Industrial scale palm oil plantation is rapidly expanding in Africa. After a first expansion of palm oil in West Africa, major palm oil companies are now investing in Central Africa, in Cameroon in particular, a country considered as a model by the other Congo Basin countries.
