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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
Price Of FGV Shares Will Surge - Hamzah
04/07/2012 (Bernama) - The price of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV) shares is expected to surge in the market based on the demand for palm oil products, which is increasing every year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister, Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin.
Commodities\' Prices on Global, Domestic Markets Turn Higher
04/07/2012 (Business Recorder) - The week just ended saw commodities in the world and local markets on higher count, may that be milk, rice, wheat, cotton, palm oil, gold or any conceivable stuff.
Selling Pressure Drags Edible Oils
04/07/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Imported Palmolein and soya refined oil decline by Rs 2 and Rs 4 respectively on Tuesday on lack of demand and higher resale selling pressure at the domestic level.
Malaysia\'s IPO Boom Likely To Fizzle Out, Say Analysts
04/07/2012 (New Straits Times) - Malaysia is tipped to be Asia’s top IPO market for 2012 thanks to two of the world’s biggest company listings this year, but analysts say the momentum is likely to fizzle out.
Malaysia’s Exports Rose More Than Economists Estimated in May
04/07/2012 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s exports rebounded, growing more than economists estimated in May after falling for two months, giving the central bank scope to keep interest rates unchanged even as Europe’s debt crisis threatens demand.
Palm Oil Gains to One-Month High on U.S. Soybean Crop Concerns
03/07/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed to a one-month high on concern that hot, dry weather in the U.S. may curb soybean yields, reducing global cooking-oil supplies.
VEGOILS-Palm Hits 1-Mth Top on US Weather Woes, Ramadan Demand
03/07/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to a one-month high on Monday, driven by a stronger demand outlook for palm oil as a worsening U.S. drought could further tighten global oilseed supplies.
Maxx Performance Joins GreenPalm to Promote Sustainable Harvest of Palm Oil
03/07/2012 (Virtual-Strategy Magazine) - Maxx Performance, a leading provider of microencapsulation technologies, has joined the global GreenPalm Sustainability Project to tackle the environmental and social problems created by the production of palm oil.
Asian Researchers Develop Oil Palm Waste-To-Ethanol Process
03/07/2012 (Ethanol Producer Magazine) - Researchers in Southeast Asia have identified an approach to producing ethanol using an abundant waste feedstock that could potentially add a significant source of biofuel production from oil palm plantations. Oil palm empty fruit bunch, which is basically the stem of harvested oil palm bunches, is an abundant biomass waste, with 15 million metric tons generated annually by palm oil mills in Malaysia alone. Malaysia and neighboring Indonesia produce about 90 percent of the world’s palm oil. Usually, the waste is burned or used as mulch. Using the right process, however, about half of that waste can be converted to fermentable glucose to achieve a high-yield ethanol.
