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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
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
Commodities Not Affected By Economic Uncertainties
29/09/2011 (The Star) - Global economic uncertainties are not expected to impact the local commodities market especially palm oil and rubber, Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said.
Palm Oil Bounces as Investors Hunt for Bargains
29/09/2011 (The Star) - Malaysian palm oil futures bounced on Tuesday as bargain hunters resurfaced after the market neared a one year low the previous day on concerns that developed countries were pushing the world into a recession.
Malaysian Planters Rise as Palm Rebounds
29/09/2011 (Business Times) - Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd rose the most in almost seven months in Kuala Lumpur trading and IOI Corp gained after palm oil prices in Malaysia climbed for the first time in five days.
JCI: ‘Oversold’ Market Bounces Back Amid Govt Tinkering
29/09/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Stocks rebounded from a 12-month low on Tuesday after the central bank reportedly continued its intervention in the foreign exchange and bond markets to stop the value of Indonesian assets from declining further.
China Soy, Rapeseed Oil Imports to Surge as Consumption Gains
29/09/2011 (Bloomberg) - Chinese soybean and rapeseed oil imports are expected to rise as domestic production can’t keep up with demand, Hamburg-based researcher Oil World said.
UK Welcomes Indonesia\'s Pledge to Protect Forests
29/09/2011 (Click Green) - Work to tackle illegal logging has taken a step forward with the news that Indonesia has become the fifth country to sign a voluntary partnership agreement with the EU to protect its forests which will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
PH Weighs Impact of Palm Oil Expansion on Coconut
28/09/2011 (ABS CBN News) - The Philippines could expand its palm oil acreage to up to 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) from about 55,000 hectares now, but is weighing the impact on its major coconut oil industry before committing to a long-term plan, a senior official said on Friday.
Regulation That Would Have Legalized Illegal Oil Palm Plantations Revoked
28/09/2011 (Mongabay.com) - A forestry regulation that would have allowed 7.4 million hectares of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo to be legalized as forestry plantations has been revoked before it ever went into force, reports Bisnis.com, an Indonesian business daily.
Plans for Palm-Oil Plantation in Cameroon Rainforests
28/09/2011 (GreenAnswers) - New York based investment firm, Herakles has its eyes set on a 60,000 square mile area of the Cameroon landscape, with the hope of turning the area into one of the world’s largest production sites of palm-oil. In a market typically dominated by plantations based out of Asia, Herakles hopes to cash in and get a piece of this multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry.
