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MPOB: Malaysia urged to diversify palm oil markets amid US tariffs
Palm Oil demand from China and India expected to rise as prices become competitive, says MPOC
CPO Futures End Lower On Strong Output, Rising Stock Concerns
Palm oil stocks expected to climb 15pct in May on increased output
Palm Oil Industry's Bio-fuel Hopes Overstated
20/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones) - Recent optimism of surging demandfor palm oil as a fuel substitute in Europe may be overdone as there arestill major obstacles to the use of the commodity in this emerging sector,a European bio-fuels industry official said.
PPB to buy 2 Indonesian palm oil firms
21/10/05 (The Edge Daily ) - Plantation firm PPB Oil Palms Bhd will buymajority stakes in two Indonesian palm oil plantation companies for morethan US$122 million (RM460 million) as it expands in Southeast Asia, thefirm said on Oct 21.
India May Buy More Soyoil After Base Price Change
18/10/05 NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)--The Indian government's decision over theweekend to raise the base import price for edible oils may lead to a shiftin demand in favor of crude soybean oil, traders said Tuesday.
Argentina angling to join biofuels race
18/10/05 CHACABUCO, Argentina (Reuters) - Armed with 12 tonnes ofsoybeans, a young Argentine engineer named Edmundo Defferrari can produceenough fuel in one day to fill the tanks of five soy trucks.
Bio-diesel card being overplayed a little
18/10/05 (Business Line) - FIRM crude prices and no prospects of a majordownward correction anytime soon have forced all major economies toexamine cheaper alternatives, including bio-ethanol and bio-diesel. Demandfor bio-diesel translates into a diversion of a part of global vegetableoil pool for energy purposes.
Doubts grow over Borneo plantation plan
18/10/05 (financial time com) - When Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia'sbusinessman vice-president, travelled to China in August he signed an $8bnfinancing deal with the China Development Bank that cleared the way forone of the world's biggest agricultural projects.
Golden Hope Hopes For Sizeable Revenue From Biodie
17/10/05 SERDANG, (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantation Bhd hopes to get asizeable revenue from biodiesel in three to four years' time, withproduction starting in the next 12 to 15 months, said its group chiefexecutive Datuk Sabri Ahmad.
Oil palm planters told to look at India for expans
17/10 2005 (The Star) - INDIA holds the potential to be a new prioritydestination for Malaysian plantation companies to expand their oil palmland bank after Indonesia as well as to establish ventures in the palmoil-related downstream activities and set up of biofuel plants.
Villagers show DOE officers polluted river
16/102005 (The Star) - SANDAKAN: After years of waiting in vain forauthorities to act, villagers at Kampung Segaliud took matters into theirown hands to show how pollution by two palm oil mills was destroying theirriver.
