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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
CPO Futures End Lower In Line With Weak Regional Vegetable Oil Markets
Minnesota Passes New Biodiesel Mandate
15/05/2008 (CommonDreams.org), Minneapolis - Minnesota recently passed legislation to increase the biodiesel content of diesel fuel sold in the state from the current 2 percent to 20 percent, which is the highest in the nation, by 2015.
Company Uses Cooking Oil to Power Diesel Engines
15/05/2008 (Ozarks First.com) - The price of gas continues to rise. On average in the Ozarks, it's more than $3.50 a gallon for regular unleaded.
Thieves stealing used cooking oil for biodiesel
14/05/2008 (Kansas.com) - The price of gasoline has gotten so high that people have begun to steal used cooking oil.
New Britain doubles profit from palm oil
14/05/2008 (Reuters) - New Britain Palm Oil doubled quarterly profits and underlined plans to double acreage over the next seven years in anticipation of strong palm oil prices, the Australasia-focused planter said on Wednesday.
Charity warns of palm oil human rights violations
14/05/2008 (Cosmetics design-europe.com) - War on Want has warned that UK consumers could be fuelling a campaign to displace indigenous people from their land by consuming Colombian palm oil.
Palm oil, war and the true cost of chocolate
14/05/2008 (Ligali) - A recent report by London based advocacy group War and Want has revealed how Britain’s excessive consumption of chocolate is fuelling a war by rightwing paramilitary groups upon the indigenous and African Colombian people.
With markets in turmoil Malaysia turns to bartering in search of rice
15/05/2008 (Times Online, UK) - Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian Government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favour of a barter deal.
Malaysia ready to trade palm oil for rice to stabilize domestic supply
14/05/2008 (International Herald Tribune, France), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is prepared to offer palm oil in exchange for rice to any rice-exporting country as part of efforts to stabilize domestic supply, a Cabinet minister said.
Sarawak’s crude palm oil sales tax up by more than 100%
14/05/2008 (The Star Online), Kuching - The Sarawak government collected more than RM165mil in sales tax on crude palm oil (CPO) last year, more than double the RM69mil collected in 2006.
