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Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
CPO FUTURES CLOSE LOWER ONSTRONGER RINGGIT, CONCERNS OVERWEAK DEMAND
Palm oil ends lower after MPOB’s data release
Brazil Steps Up Biodiesel Production
15/2/07 (Brazzil Magazine) - Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras wants to reach production of around 855 million liters of biodiesel a year by 2011. The firm is currently investing US$ 60 million in the development and implementation of three basic projects for the processing of vegetable diesel.
Biofuels targets may kickstart raft of new businesses
14/2/07 (Checkbiotech.org) Switzerland - New Government requirements for fuel to contain a component of biofuel may kickstart a new energy sector, a lobbyist for sustainable business says.
US Fund To Invest $35M In Brazil Biodiesel Project
13/2/07 SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--U.S. farmland investment group Global Ag Investments LLC is getting in on the biodiesel fever in Brazil by investing $35 million in a biodiesel plant targeting the European alternative fuels markets.
Barriers and Drivers for the Biofuels Industry in Europe
12.02.2007 ( fona - Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit, Germany ) -- The Renewable Fuels Directive (Directive 2003/30/EC) sets recommended targets for biofuels as a share of the total fuels used for transport.
BUSH CALLS FOR 20 PERCENT REDUCTION IN US GASOLINE USE BY 2017
22/1/07 (AP) - In his 2007 State of the Union address, US President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to reduce the country's use of gasoline by 20 percent in the next decade, by promoting alternative fuel sources and increased fuel efficiency standards for automobiles.
Indonesian jailed for palm oil plantation in protected area
13/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has sentenced a palm oil plantation owner to eight years in jail for illegal cultivation in protected forest areas, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
Palm oil - eco-vandal turned environmental saviour?
11/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The oil palm must be the most reviled plant on earth, held responsible for everything from rainforest destruction and orangutan annihilation to polluted Asian skies and exploitation of workers.
Accord ends plan to open world's largest palm oil areas on Borneo
12/2/07 (Kyodo) - A declaration to conserve rainforests on Borneo has ended plans to open the world's largest palm oil plantations on the island, an environmental organization said Tuesday.
Landowners in oil palm joint venture
8/2/07 KUCHING (Bernama) - A new oil palm plantation, covering 13,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, will be developed soon in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, with the participation of about 780 NCR landowners.
