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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
KNM to expand into new industrial sectors
5/7/06 (Ther Edge News) - KNM Group Bhd is acquiring a 90% stake in Virgo Pulse Sdn Bhd group (VPSB), a maker of industrial boilers, for RM27.5 million cash in a strategic partnership deal that will allow it to expand into new industrial sectors such as power, palm oil and biomass.
Shell says biofuels from food crops "morally inappropriate"
6/7/06 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top marketer of biofuels, considers using food crops to make biofuels "morally inappropriate" as long as there are people in the world who are starving, an executive said on Thursday.
SE Asian Nations Well Placed To Tap Into Biofuel Potentials
SINGAPORE, July 7 (Bernama) -- Southeast Asian countries are well-placed to tap into the biofuel potentials as they have rich biomass assets that can be turned into fuel, according to an expert on fuels technology.
Govt To Temporarily Stop Issuing Biodiesel Licence
30/6/06 (Bernama ) - THE Cabinet Committee on the Competitiveness of the Palm Oil Industry has decided for the Government to temporarily stop issuing new manufacturing licences for biodiesel production with immediate effect.
Indonesia to boost output of vegetable oils for biofuel
4/7/06 JAKARTA (Business Times) - Indonesia plans to boost output of palm oil, sugar cane and vegetable oils used in making biofuels that will help the nation reduce the use of petroleum products, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said in an interview.
India's imports of edible oils to drop
6/7/06 (Reuters) - NEW DELHI: Edible oil imports by India, the world's leading buyer, is set to drop by about half a million tonnes in the year ending October thanks to higher domestic availability, trade officials said yesterday.
Myanmar establishes first modern palm oil refinery plant
5/7/06 (Angolapress) YANGON - Myanmar has established its first modern palm oil refinery plant here to help meet local edible oil demand, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Wednesday.
CPO futures at 2-wk high on surging oil prices, strong demand
5/7/05 (The Edge News) - Strong demand for crude palm oil (CPO) and surging crude oil prices saw the benchmark September delivery for CPO futures hitting the two-week high at RM1,487 per tonne and it is expected to cross the RM1,500 level.
Renewable fuel plant nears completion
05/07/2006 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Work on the nation's biggest renewable fuel plant in Darwin is almost complete.
