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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
Palm Oil Prices Set For Correction
16/08/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Despite all the hype about slowing palm oil production growth and robust export demand as well as tremendous holding power generated by record producer-profits in the last two years, palm oil prices have softened recently.
Ugandans To Benefit From Thai Trade Opportunities
16/08/2011 (East African Business Week) - Business people from Uganda will benefit from bilateral investment and trading relations with their counterparts from Thailand, one of Asia's major economies.
NZX Hopes To Extend Its Derivatives Trading Beyond Just Dairy Futures By The End of 2011.
16/08/2011 (Radio New Zealand) - Last year NZX launched a dairy futures market allowing buyers and sellers to lock in milk prices for delivery at a later date.
African Countries To Gain From Commodity Exchange
16/08/2011 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) - African countries are set to gain from an interconnected commodity exchange.
EU Biofuel Consumption up 13% in 2010, But Growth Has Slowed
16/08/2011 (Renewable Energy Magazine) - EurObserv’ER’s latest biofuels barometer shows Europeans consumed 13.6% more biofuel in 2010 than in the previous year. This represents a slowdown in biofuel consumption, which rose by more than double that rate (28.9%) between 2008 and 2009.
UPDATE 1-Indonesia To Give Tax Holiday For Major Direct Investors
16/08/2011 (Reuters) - Indonesia will give a tax holiday for investors committing at least 1 trillion rupiah ($117 million) into sectors including metals and energy, an effort to spur record levels of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
Kim Loong Looking For More Land To Increase Oil Palm Plantation
15/08/2011 (The Star) - Kim Loong Resources Bhd will look for more land in the country as part of its long-term plan to increase its oil palm plantation acreage.
M\'sia To Send Reps To Australia Over Palm Oil Labelling
15/08/2011 (The Star) - Malaysia will send representatives to Australia to lobby against a parliamentary move requiring palm oil labelling in Australia.
RSPO Is Aimed at Obtaining Stakeholders’ Support
15/08/2011 (The Star) - The question of whether the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is needed in the landscape of national standards being introduced may indeed be a likely first thought. The RSPO welcomes diverse opinions and perspectives, no matter how far reaching and incongruous it may seem. The essence of discourse is that it brings forth at most times, an eventual harmonisation. And other times, a bearing to remain where one started off.
