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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
Brazil's biodiesel market suffers growing pains
26/12/06 RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Billed as a way to cut diesel imports, boost local employment and reduce pollution, Brazil's biodiesel program is running into serious obstacles, but the government says they can be resolved.
Soybeans Prices Fall as Demand for Crop-Based Fuels May Decline
4/1/07 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans fell for a second day in Chicago, after ending 2006 on a 16-month high, on speculation demand to make diesel fuel from oilseeds will decline.
New rule on tankers may raise palm oil transportation tariffs
9/1/07 JAKARTA (Antara): The Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (Gapki) has feared that new rule on the use of tankers with double-wall holds would raise the palm oil transportation tariffs by 20 percent.
Soybean Prices May Be Poised for Major Increase
9/1/2007 (soyatech.com)-- Bloomberg News reports that soybean prices may be headed for the biggest jump in three decades as farmers plant more fields with corn. U.S. farmers are preparing to sow the fewest acres of soybeans in 10 years.
JADE Crude Palm Oil Futures Contract Receives Regulatory Approval and JADE Management Team Expands with Appointment of CEO
4/1/07 SINGAPORE (PRNewswire) -- Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) is pleased to announce the approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) of its second product, Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Futures Contract. In consultation with market participants, the CPO futures contract is targeted for launch in the first quarter of 2007.
Malaysian company to produce bio-fuel from nipah palm
7/1/07 (AP)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian company is building what it says is the world's first plant to commercially produce ethanol from nipah palm trees, with the product aimed mainly for export to countries looking for alternatives to gasoline, its chairman said Saturday.
Maintain status quo on vegetable oil duties
7/1/07 (NewKarala.com) Mumbai - Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEAI) has asked the government to maintain a status quo on the vegetable oil duty structure to ensure better profitability to farmers.
Oil prices edge higher before US inventories, after 4.5 percent drop
4/1/07 LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices have climbed slightly, trading above 58 dollars before publication of official data on the level of US energy stockpiles and after plunging to six-week lows a day earlier.
Pioneer to Build 1.4 Billion Ringgit Biofuel Plant in Malaysia
6/1/07 (Bloomberg) -- Pioneer Bio Industries Corp., a Malaysian biotechnology company, will spend 1.4 billion ringgit ($400 million) to build an ethanol plant in northern Perak state that will extract the fuel from the nipah palm tree.
