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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
Indonesia To Probe Beheadings of Farmers
17/12/2011 (CBS News) - Indonesia's president has ordered an investigation into the videotaped beheadings of two men — allegedly by security forces hired to secure the borders of a palm oil plantation.
Palm Oil And Consumer-Related Stocks To Benefit From Resilient ASEAN Economies
17/12/2011 (Channel News Asia) - It will not be all doom and gloom for stocks amid the ongoing market uncertainty.
Packers: Cooking Oil In 1Kg Packs As Good As Any
17/12/2011 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Packers Association has denied claims that cooking oil sold in 1kg packs are recycled, saying that they were fresh and of equal quality to oil sold in 2kg and 5kg bottles.
Indonesia’s Kharisma Sells 7,000 Tons of Palm Oil
17/12/2011 (Bloomberg) - PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara, which sells palm oil from Indonesia’s state-owned plantations, sold 7,000 metric tons of the 15,250 tons of the commodity it offered at an auction in Jakarta today.
Astra Agro Sells 11,000 Tons of Palm Oil at Auction
17/12/2011 (Bloomberg) - PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia’s biggest listed plantation company by market value, accepted bids for all of the 11,000 metric tons of palm oil it offered at an auction in Jakarta today.
Sarawak Has Huge Agriculture Potential, Says Abd Karim
17/12/2011 (Borneo Post) - Sarawak’s vast land mass offers huge potential in the agricultural sector, particularly the oil palm plantation industry.
The Thai Palm Oil Industry Ready for Sustainable Palm Oil Production
17/12/2011 (Food Ingredients First) - The Thai Palm Oil Industry and the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) are ready for sustainable palm oil production in Thailand. In a joint press conference the Secretary General of RSPO and the Chairman of the ‘Thai Oil Palm and Palm Oil Association’, the ‘Palm Oil Crushing Mill Association’, the ‘Thai Biodiesel Producer Association’ and the ‘Palm Oil Refinery Association’ announced the approval and publication of the National Interpretation (NI) of the RSPO in Thailand.
Jakarta Plans Taxes On More Commodities
17/12/2011 (Business Times) - Indonesia plans to impose export taxes on a range of commodities, including metals and rubber, as part of a raft of new fiscal policies for next year, the industry minister said yesterday.
SEPA Concerned Over Dept’s Manpower Shortage
17/12/2011 (Borneo Post) - Sabah Environmental Protection Association yesterday expressed its concern over the lack of manpower in the Sabah Environment Protection Department’s enforcement division.
