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Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
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Africa Can Gain From Malaysia\'s Transformational Policies, Says Anifah
17/06/2011 (Bernama) - African nations attending the Langkawi International Dialogue 2011 can use Malaysia's transformational leadership initiatives and transformational policies to tailor-make their own policies to suit their domestic needs to tackle head-on global challenges and new realities.
BioFusion Awarded 2011 Best Innovation In Biotechnology And Agro Technology
17/06/2011 (Borneo Post) - BioFusion Sdn Bhd walked away with RM200,000 cash prize for winning 2011 Best Innovation in Biotechnology and Agro Technology in the country.
Major Parties Slammed Over Palm Oil
17/06/2011 (Ninemsn) - Two Senate crossbenchers have condemned both major parties for rejecting a move designed to help protect orangutans in South-East Asia.
Oil Palm Waste-Turned-Creative Paper Products
16/06/2011 (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Everyone knows that the raw material used to produce papers is timber. When environmental protection was first promoted many years ago, paper recycling instantly became the common and standard practice.
Palm Oil May Rise on Widening Discount to Soybean Oil, Exports
16/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced after a recent slump in prices widened the discount to soybean oil to the highest in almost three years, increasing the appeal of the tropical oil for food uses.
Palm Kernel Oil Could Be Used To Insulate Transformers
16/06/2011 (The Engineer) - Specially adapted palm kernel oil could be used to insulate electrical transformers, thereby proving a more environmentally sound alternative to current silicone-based oils.
Cooking Oil Imports To Rise On Lower Supplies
16/06/2011 (Financial Express) - Vegetable oil imports by India, the biggest user after China, may accelerate in the next three to four months as domestic supplies slow, a processors’ group said. Purchases in May climbed 19% to 6,64,133 tonne from a year earlier, the first gain in seven months, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India said in a statement. Imports in the seven months ended May 31 declined 12 % to 4.27 million tonne from a year earlier, it said.
Indonesia, EU Seek \'Ambitious\' Free Trade Agreement
16/06/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have agreed to commence talks on an “ambitious†free trade agreement (FTA), as both parties seek to boost two-way trade and the EU's investments in Indonesia.
A Moratorium, Or More Of The Same?
16/06/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia’s orangutan conservation strategy and action plan, which calls for all wild orangutan populations to be viable and stable by 2017.