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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
Turning palm oil waste into drinking water
16/3/07 (NSTP) NIBONG TEBAL - While Singapore has NEWater, which is waste water that has been purified, Malaysia may soon have drinking water from palm oil waste.
Palm oil imports likely to be up by 40 p.c
16/3/07 Mumbai (PTI): An increased appetite for palm oil in the country will drive up its imports by around 40 per cent at 46 lakh tonnes in 2006-07 as against 33 lakh tonnes in 2005-06, an industry expert said.
Malaysia's palm oil output set to rise
15/3/07 (Bloomberg) - MALAYSIA, the world's largest palm oil producer, may raise output by 2 million tonnes a year by boosting yields as the country runs short of new plantation land, the head of the nation's palm oil council said.
Palm oil likely to hit $683 a tonne: Godrej
15/3/07 (Business Standard) Mumbai - Palm oil prices may rise by more than a fifth to 2,400 ringgit ($683) a tonne in the final quarter of the year, said Dorab Mistry, director of Godrej International, one of the country's biggest buyers of vegetable oils.
Edible oil imports decline to a 9-year low in Feb.
17/3/07 (Myiris.com) - Edible oil imports declined to a nine-year low in February with domestic stocks of rapeseed and cottonseed helping to save outflow of foreign exchange towards the purchase of oils.
India, biofuels will help palm oil sizzle
14/3/07 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Palm oil prices are set to jump more than 20 percent by year-end as global oilseed stocks get depleted and demand from the food and fuel sectors surges, industry officials said on Wednesday.
FIMA enters oil palm
14/3/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - FIMA Corp Bhd expects its foray into the oil palm plantation business to become profitable by 2010 and contribute about 50%, or RM30mil, to net profit by 2012.
Rise in land, building costs pushes up house prices
17/3/07 (Daily Express News) Kota Kinabalu - The increase in land and building costs have pushed up prices of residential properties and those wishing prices of houses would drop may be disappointed.
India to cut palm oil duty again as imports rise - Mistry
14/3/07 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - There is a strong possibility India may cut palm oil duties again in May as India's imports of the commodity rise, Dorab Mistry, a leading palm oil analyst, said on Wednesday.
