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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Malaysian CPO futures surge to record high
19/10/2007 (Reuters) - MALAYSIAN crude palm oil futures crude palm oil futures surged to a record high today, driven by strong overnight gains in rival soyabean oil and crude oil markets.
Palm oil, a diesel substitute
19/10/2007 (The Hindu), KOCHI: In its quest to find alternative uses of the country’s traditional product, palm oil, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council is experimenting with a number of ways to carve out a niche of its own in the highly competitive energy sector.
Indonesia to Miss Palm Oil Target, Pangestu Predicts
17/10/2007 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil grower, forecast that it will miss a target for output this year because of dry weather, exacerbating a shortage of the commodity that has helped drive the price to a record.
Malaysian palm oil earnings to hit new record in 2007: report
18/10/2007 (AFP), Kuala Lumpur - The value of Malaysia's palm oil exports is expected to reach a record of 40 billion ringgit (11.84 billion dollars) this year as prices soar, a report said Wednesday.
Indonesia may miss 17 mln tonne palm oil target
19/10/2007 (Antara News), Jakarta - Dry weather means Indonesia may miss its target of producing 17 million tonnes of palm oil this year, but it is still on track to overtake Malaysia as the world's top producer, the trade minister said on Friday.
Lower landed cost may favour crude palm oil import
15/10/2007 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - With the landed price of crude palm oil being cheaper than de-gummed (crude) soyabean oil by at least $130 (Rs 5,000), importers are likely to be encouraged to import more of the former.
Import of palm group of oils through Kochi banned
18/10/2007 (Sify), Chennai - The Centre on Wednesday banned import of palm group of oils through Kochi port in what is seen as an effort to help slumping coconut oil prices to recover.
Neste Oil outlines policy on palm oil as biofuel feedstock
18/10/2007 (Biofuel Review) - In a statement released this week the Finnish oil major Neste said that the only way to use palm oil for biofuel production was by setting the highest standards for sustainability and by meeting stringent requirements for auditing and certification. The company was clear that it was committed to backing sensible use of palm oil, pointing out that it was the first oil company to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and is fully committed to sustainable sourcing of feedstocks for the production of the NExBTL renewable diesel.
Higher palm olein prices raise import costs by 5 percent
17/10/2007 (Daily Times), KARACHI - The cost of imports of palm olien increased around 5 percent as the international prices of palm oil surged $45 per tonne to $890 per tonne, after a new all time high world’s record a day earlier, importers and millers said on Wednesday.
