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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Malaysian Palm Oil Lobby Fires At Xenophon
18/04/2011 (Sydney Morning Herald) - Malaysia's palm oil lobby has reacted angrily to a push for labels to be added to foods containing the substance.
Malaysian Palm Oil’s Big Future In Korea
18/04/2011 (The Korea Herald) - Malaysian Plantation Industries and Commodities minister opened the inaugural Malaysia-Korea Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar last week.
Snickers-Noodles Surge Drives Cooking-Oil Stocks to 1974 Low
18/04/2011 (Bloomberg) - At a time when consumers are focused on near-record food costs after grain and meat prices surged, stockpiles of edible oils needed to make everything from noodles to fish sticks are dropping to a three-decade low.
Ta Ann Reaping Fruits Of Labour As Palms Mature
18/04/2011 (Business Times) - Ta Ann Holdings Bhd's move to aggressively plant more oil palms in the last five years is literally bearing fruit now.
Refined Palmolein Ease on Poor Demand
15/04/2011 (Business Standard) - Refined palmolein weakened further in an otherwise sluggish oils and oilseeds market here today due to poor demand from retailers on the back of bearish Malaysian advice.
Palm Oil Declines for Third Day on Speculation Output to Gain
15/04/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped for a third day, the worst losing run this month, on speculation increased output from Indonesia and Malaysia, the top growers, will boost supply.
Malaysia Apr 1-15 palm exports down 21pc
15/04/2011 (Business Times) - Malaysia’s palm oil exports fell 20.6 per cent in the first 15 days of April from the same period in March, independent market surveyor Intertek said.
Suriname Going Ahead with Palm Oil Project
15/04/2011 (Stabroek News) - The current government is going through with the Patamacca palm oil-project but with a different Chinese investor.
Food or Fuel?
15/04/2011 (City Journal) - We're less than 50 years from the end of world oil supplies at current consumption rates according to a new report by HSBC bank. That coming shortage has brought new calls for increased reliance on biofuels, including from President Obama in last month's energy speech. Biofuels are made from crops like corn, sugar, palm oil and cassava root which are harvested and then shipped to plants to be converted into fuels like ethanol.
