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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
Hawaii\'s Green Future Depends on Palm Oil-Based Biodiesel
20/12/2010 (Azo Cleantech) - Approval has been granted by Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission. But there has been a lot of opposition from radical environmental groups who have tried to prevent the development citing the impact palm oil production would have on rainforests as the reason.
Petrobras to Produce Biodiesel from Palm Oil in Portugal
20/12/2010 (Azo Cleantech) - This was mentioned by Ricardo Castello Branco, the company’s Director. According to him, the factory would be established in one of the Galp Energia refineries in Portugal and the project details are to be evaluated. He further mentioned that the project would be constructed and be ready for operation by the time the palm oil that has already been planted would be available.
Borneo tribes under threat from massive palm oil expansion
20/12/2010 (Survival International) - The hunter-gatherer Penan and other tribes are under threat from new plans to expand palm oil plantations massively in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Oil World revises Argentina soybean prospects
15/12/2010 (Commodity Online), Buenos Aires - World’s leading soybean producer Argentina’s crop prospects are deteriorating at a rapid pace due to continuing dry weather, according to Oil World analysts.
Palm oil and reduced global warming
15/12/2010 (New Straits Times) - At a recent forum organised by the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), it was revealed that there was no moral case for Western Environmental NGO (WENGO) campaigns against palm oil. Data indicates that the agricultural land occupied by the world palm oil industry is miniscule (1.56 per cent) compared with the total land allocated to growing grains and oilseeds.
Sustainable palm oil clusters
15/12/2010 (The Star Online) - VARIOUS activities has been implemented by the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry aiming to develop sustainable palm oil clusters (SPOC) in the country in collaboration with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
Palming Palm Oil Profits
14/12/2010 (Money Show) - A London-listed operator of plantations in Papua New Guinea looks cheap given the soaring prices of its main product, writes Peter Shearlock in The IRS Report.
Let’s depend more on our own workers
15/12/2010 (Sun2Surf) - FINALLY it is beginning to dawn on us that we actually need the foreign workers that many of us have been complaining about and who some of us have occasionally abused. The sector that has sounded the alarm first that it is short of workers is the palm oil industry and there is talk that the construction sector may begin to experience a shortage as well.
Edible oils up on seasonal demand
14/12/2010 (Business Standard) - Select edible oil prices rose up to Rs 50 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on continued buying by vanaspati millers for the marriage season, amid firming global trend.
