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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
India seeks palm oil import delays-Oil World
30/06/2009 (Reuters), Hamburg - Some Indian importers are seeking to postpone palm oil shipments from June to July as large domestic vegetable oil stocks are pressuring prices, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday.
Palm oil development threatens Aceh\'s orangutans
30/06/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Conservation campaigners in Britain are calling on supermarkets to stop selling products that contain palm oil harvested from environmentally sensitive areas in Indonesia.
Centre set to stock up cooking oil
30/06/2009 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - India is once again planning to beef up its public stocks of imported cooking oil amid concerns that a weak monsoon could affect sowing of key oilseeds and force prices to creep up in the coming festival months.
Govt plans to import up to 1 mn tonnes crude palm oil
30/06/2009 (The Economic Times) - India is planning to again build up its public stocks of imported cooking oil as prices are expected to creep up in the coming festival months. The oil would be sold in one-litre packs through ration shops to families below the poverty line.
The good oil on KFC lobby effort
28/06/2009 (The Northern Star) - A CAMPAIGN which started in Ballina and Lismore to lobby KFC to stop using palm oil has paid off.
Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief: Palm oil has become important revenue earner
27/06/2009 (The Star Online) - AMID the industry’s quest for sustainability and environmental protection, oil palm planters from Malaysia and Indonesia have been urged not to yield to the demands of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and environmentalists who are targeting deforestation.
Significant rise in RSPO-certified palm oil in EU
26/06/2009 (Commodity Online), Kuala Lumpur / Brussels - The volume of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil imported in European Union markets have increased significantly as producers in South East Asia comply with the Roundtable on Sustainable PalmOil, the multi-stakeholder association working to make all palm oil production sustainable.
Edible oil trade wants return of customs duty
26/06/09 (The Economic Times), Mumbai - The vegetable oil trade has asked the government to reimpose custom duty on edible oils in the budget to check the significant rise in imports. This will restrict a sharp fall in local oilseed prices and encourage farmers to expand area of the crop under kharif cultivation.
Indonesia to Host International Oil Palm Conference
26/06/2009 (CRIENGLISH.com) - Indonesia is scheduled to host the International Oil Palm Conference (IOPC) in Yogyakarta from June 1 to 3 next year, the conference organizer chairman said here on Wednesday.
