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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 strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
Palm oil shippers brace for shortage of space
16/10/06 (NSTP) - THE impending entry of the MARPOL Annex II and the International Bulk Chemicals Code effective 1 January 2007 that will affect all vessels engaged in the carriage of chemicals and vegetable oil is expected to create severe shortage of shipping space for palm oil shippers in Malaysia.
September palm oil output up 4.73%
11/10/06 (The Edge News) - Malaysia's crude palm oil output rose 4.73% in September from the previous month to 1,609,939 tonnes, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board said on Oct 11.
Palm oil processors get P50-M credit line
10/08/2006 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - STATE-RUN SMALL BUSINESS Guarantee and Finance Corp. said it had approved a P50-million wholesale credit line to help spur the development of the palm oil processing industry in Bohol and some parts of Mindanao.
Oil Palm India to focus on Malabar region
7/10/06 (The Hindu) - KOTTAYAM: Kottayam-based Oil Palm India Ltd. (OPIL) a Central-State joint venture, has decided to focus on the Malabar region for expansion of oil palm cultivation, company chairman V.B. Binu has said.
Polluting mill gets stop-work order
10 Oct 2006(NSTP) - KULAI: A palm oil mill in Kelapa Sawit found polluting the air was issued a stop-work order yesterday.
Electrified fence a success
9/10/06 (Daily Express News) - Sandakan: A village has succeeded in protecting its oil palm crop and cemetery from damage by wild elephants by erecting an electrified fence.
A Dangerous Fat and Its Risky Alternatives
10/10/06 (New York Times) - Outlandish portions. Sky-high salt content. Employees who don't wash their hands. There are hazards aplenty at your favorite restaurant, but now health officials in New York and Chicago believe that they have cornered a real killer in the kitchen: the trans fats in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils used for frying and baking
Group pilots use of biofuels to expand mobile coverage
11/10/2006 (EE Times Europe) - LONDON - Ericssson has joined forces with the GSM Association and multinational telecommunications group MTN to promote the use of biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world.
CPO prices may fall further on cheaper oil
10/10/06 (NSTP) - CRUDE palm oil prices (CPO), which have weakened 6 per cent over the past three months, may soften further, dragged by depressed crude oil prices when compared with palm oil-based biodiesel.
