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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
Biofuel to power Indonesia's anti-poverty drive
17/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious biofuel programme which has already attracted more than 17 billion dollars in foreign and domestic investment and criticism from conservationists worried about the country's forests.
Energy Ministry encourages local bio-diesel production
17/207 BANGKOK (TNA) - Thailand's Energy Ministry will put more effort into encouraging more communities to manufacture bio-diesel after discovering that only one-third of the country's used cooking oil is collected and recycled for use in making bio-diesel for local consumption.
Tropical Traditions Launches Trans Fat Free Organic Palm Shortening
14/2/07 WEST BEND, Wis.,(PRNewswire) -- Tropical Traditions announced this week that it had added Organic Palm Shortening to its line of trans fat free oils.
USDA Long-Term Projections: Global Demand for Biofuel Feedstocks
17/2/07 (CattleNetwork.com) EU-25: The EU has a target that 5.75 percent of total transportation fuel use should come from biofuels by 2010.
2007 Biomass Report
19/2/07 DUBLIN, Ireland (BUSINESS WIRE) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50722) has announced the addition of The Biomass.
Global Demand for Fuel Crops Will Impact the Fertilizer Industry
15/2/07 LONDON, (PRNewswire) -- The rapidly growing production of biofuels worldwide is beginning to alter global demand patterns for fuel crops and will have an impact upon fertilizer consumption and mix.
Malaysian firm eyes jatropha deal in RP
18/2/07 (Inquirer.net) - MALAYSIAN firm Biogreen Energy Sdn Bhd is preparing to sign an agreement with PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) on the establishment of a jatropha nursery and plantation in two different locations in the country.
Drought to hit palm oil output
17/2/07 ( Bloomberg) - INDONESIAN palm oil output will increase less than expected as the El Nino weather phenomenon-induced drought will cut output in southern Sumatra, Lampung and southern Kalimantan, a palm oil producer said.
Palm oil research targets food industry benefits
14/2/2007 (Nutraingredients.com) - A new research centre in the UK focusing on palm oil research using latest molecular techniques could benefit the food industry.
