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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 off three-year high
11/02/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended off three-year highs hit earlier on Thursday as traders booked some profits after a slew of industry data showed tight vegetable oil supplies at a time when demand has picked up. Industry regulator Malaysian Palm Oil Board said January palm oil stocks fell to a six-month low, as floods and heavy rains curbed output.
Soya oil rises on fresh buying
11/02/2011 (CommodityOnline) - The refined soy oil futures broke its two days decline and rebounded on Wednesday on short covering and emergence of fresh buying.
CPO rises on tight supply
11/02/2011 (Commodityonline) - Crude Palm oil yesterday traded with the positive node and settled 0.63% up at 587.7 tracking gains in Malaysian palm oil which rose to their highest levels in almost three years with support from supply-demand fundamentals.
Wilmar to invest $1.15b in Indonesian palm oil plants
08/02/2011 (Today Online) - Singapore agri-business firm Wilmar International plans to invest US$900 million ($1.15 billion) to construct crude palm oil derivative plants in Indonesia, the Industry Minister said yesterday.
Local refiners take Indonesia palm oil due to floods
02/02/2011 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian refiners snapped up more Indonesian crude palm oil to meet orders from China and India after floods in a key growing area submerged estates and cut off roads, adding to Asia\'s escalating food costs.
Palm oil import increase to 120,000 tonnes approved
02/02/2011 (Bangkok Post) - The government has approved im ports of another 120,000 tonnes of crude palm olien to solve the domestic shortage of palm oil.
Malaysian palm oil producers destroying Borneo peat forests faster than ever before
01/02/2011 (Mongabay.com) - Peatlands and rainforests in Malaysia\'s Sarawak state on the island of Borneo are being rapidly destroyed for oil palm plantations, according to new studies by environmental group Wetlands International and remote sensing institute Sarvision.
Thailand to import a further 120,000 tonnes of palm oil
01/02/2011 (Black Sea Grain) - Thailand will import an additional 120,000 tonnes of crude palm oil to ease a shortage that has pushed up the cost of meals, on top of 30,000 tonnes already brought in this year from neighbouring Malaysia.
EPP schemes to assist smallholders under Palm Oil NKEA
01/02/2011 (Borneo Post Online), Ranau - Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities launched the Oil Palm Smallholders Replanting and New Planting Schemes, one of eight Entry Point Projects (EPPs) under the Palm Oil National Key Economic Area (NKEA) here yesterday.
