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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Farmers in Sumatra let oil palm fruit rotten as prices fall
12/10/2008 (ANTARA News), Pekanbaru, Riau - Thousands of farmers in Rokan Hulu (Rohul) district, Riau province in Sumatra, are now leaving their oil palm fruit unharvested, letting it rotten on the shaft as a result of sharp fall in the prices of the export commodity.
Palm oil clearing swathes of forest in Indonesia\'s Papua: Greenpeace
11/10/2008 (AFP), Jakarta — Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.
Governments failing to clamp down on Malaysian biofuel
11/10/2008 (Business Green) - Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth (FOE) has hit out at the failure of governments in the UK and Malaysia to adequately police the production of palm oil which it claims is leading to deforestation and contributing to climate change.
Indonesia\'s \'09 palm biodiesel use seen at 1-1.2m T
08/10/2008 (Alibaba.com), Jakarta - Indonesia may consume 1 million to 1.2 million tonnes of biodiesel using palm oil as feed stock in 2009, following the introduction of a mandatory biofuel policy, a government official said on Wednesday.
Action against 10-year old imported palm oil
08/10/2008 (The Post), Kaeachi - For the first time Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has come out with the claim that under PSQCA Act 1996, the RBD Palm/Edible Oil is mandatory item to confine with PS Standard No-1561.
PSQCA takes notice of old palm oil issue
08/10/2008 (Pakistan Observer), Karachi — For the first time Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has come out with the claim that under PSQCA Act 1996, the RBD Palm/Edible Oil is mandatory item to confine with PS Standard No.1561.
Petrol stations are pumping out bad biofuels
08/10/2008 (Greenpeace) - We knew the government's plans on biofuels were a bit of a mess, but figures released today by the Renewable Fuel Agency show just how bad the situation is.
Indonesia biofuel policy to reduce palm oil exports
09/10/2008 (Business Standard) - Exports of palm oil from Indonesia, the largest producer, may decline by as much as 1.5 million metric tonnes a year after the nation made the use of renewable energy mandatory, a government official said.
Native people reject palm-oil offer
08/10/2008 (New Scientist) - Clearing tropical forests to plant oil palms is lucrative for oil-producers, but is ecologically disastrous. Space for about half of 5 million hectares of oil palm planted in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1990 and 2005 came at the expense of tropical forest, much of it pristine.
