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Malaysia welcomes US tariff cut on palm oil, eyes RM21b in exports but warns against overreliance on single market
MPOB: Malaysia urged to diversify palm oil markets amid US tariffs
Crude palm oil's discount to soybean likely until 3Q, may spur Indian demand — analysts
Palm Oil demand from China and India expected to rise as prices become competitive, says MPOC
Sabutek Investing RM8 Mln To Expand Factory
7/1/06 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Sabutek Sdn Bhd, which specialises in palm oil waste derivatives, will invest RM8 million to expand its factory located in Teluk Intan, Perak early next year.
Plasma Timely For Sabah/Sarawak's Growing Palm Oil Industry
6/1/06 LAHAD DATU, (Bernama) -- The setting up of the Palm Oil Training Centre of Malaysia (Plasma) in Lahad Datu, an area identified as the palm oil industry hub of Sabah and Sarawak, is timely in view of the requirement for highly trained resources for the industry which has grown tremendously in the two states, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
TSH forms alliance for refinery, co-generation plant
1/9/06 (The Edge Daily) - TSH Resources Bhd is forming an alliance with Wilmar Edible Oils Sdn Bhd (WEO) to undertake a palm oil refinery and kernel crushing plant project and the operation of co-generation plant and electricity and steam project.
Indonesian Govt To Raise Export Prices Of CPO And Derivatives
9/1/06 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian government has decided to raise the benchmark export prices of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives to adjust to the prevailing prices in the international market.
Messy policies put vegetable oil industry in a fix
8/1/06 Mumbai , (Business Line) - THE country's burgeoning vegetable oil industry is in a fix with none in the Government willing to lend a sympathetic ear to their genuine woes.
High Cost of Oil Fuels the Quest for Biodiesel
9/1/06 Nairobi (allafrica.com) - The Government, concerned at the high cost of fossil fuel, is promoting the use of alternative energy. A ministry of Energy official says a policy that will support local production of power alcohol and biodiesel using molasses and vegetable-based derivatives is in the pipeline.
The untold story of revision in palm oil tariff by the Centre
6/1/06 Mumbai , (Business Line) - FORTNIGHTLY revision of tariff values on various imported vegetable oils has been going on for about six months now. A welcome and practical move, considering that the industry was continually howling against the protracted silence of the Union Government and claiming that tardy revision led to speculation in the market.
Abdullah To Visit Indonesia For Annual Consultation
11/1/06 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will be in Indonesia on Thursday and Friday for the annual Malaysian-Indonesia consultation with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a Wisma Putra statement said Tuesday.
Energy expert says crops seen inefficient as biofuel
5/1/06 OXFORD (Reuters) - Waste products make a better biofuel than traditional British crops such as rapeseed and grain because of the energy it takes to grow them, a former chairman of Shell Trading and Transport said on Thursday.
