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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Palm Oil May Reach $1,000 a Ton Next Year on Shortage
08/11/2007 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil may rise as high as $1,000 a ton next year because of increasing demand and a shortfall in supplies of vegetable oils, according to Derom Bangun, the head of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association.
Higher supply of desi vegetable oil helps keep imported oil at bay
08/11/2007 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - India today has the world’s cheapest cooking oil. Soya oil at Indore currently beats imported palm oil, the world’s cheapest energy source. Thanks to more desi vegetable oil extracted from three million tonnes extra oilseeds this summer, Indian consumers can stay cool even after global cooking oil prices hit a 33-year high on Wednesday.
Palm oil likely to surge on high demand
08/11/2007 (Euro2day) - Crude palm oil is expected to hit $1,000 per tonne in the next few months and remain high for a decade, producers and analysts say, as supply is unlikely to match demand for food and biofuels.
Big brands accused over palm oil deforestation
08/11/2007 (Business Green) - Greenpeace claims Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble are all contributing to the destruction of precious Indonesian peat swamp forests through palm oil deployment.
Notification banning Palm oil import via Kochi stayed
07/11/2007 (PTI), Kochi - The Kerala High Court has stayed a notification issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade banning import of palm oil through Kochi port.
PPB Oils to create oil palm entrepreneurs
07/11/2007 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - PPB Oil Palms Bhd, now merged with Wilmar International Ltd, will hand over 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares) of agriculture land already planted with oil palm in Sugut to the Sabah state government for a smallholder scheme.
Biofuel industry says oil hike driving food prices
07/11/2007 (Reuters) - Leaders of the biofuels industry are challenging critics who argue that converting food to fuel is driving up food prices, saying higher energy costs and other factors are more important.
\'Price of winter vegetables declining gradually\'
07/11/2007 (The New Nation) - The retail prices of most of the essentials remained almost stable in the city markets on Tuesday, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) market report said here on Wednesday.
Biofuels drive threatening food security--consumer watchdog
04/11/2007 (Inguirer.net), Manila - Consumers who are supportive of efforts to cut down the country's oil import bill, as a way of preventing upticks in food prices amid the current long-drawn oil price spike, should think twice about biofuels.
