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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Delegation heads for Europe to counter anti-palm oil lobby
19/5/07 (The Star) - MIRI: Malaysia will meet British and European parliamentarians to counter allegations by non-governmental organisations that the Malaysian oil palm industry was killing wildlife and destroying forests.
A who's who of Indonesian biofuel
22/5/07 (Asia Times Online) JAKARTA - Some of Indonesia's most influential and politically connected companies have refocused their business strategies and are joining hands with foreign investors to push forward the government's multi-billion dollar ambition to transform the country into the world's leading biodiesel producer.
New palm oil tax may hurt plantation firms
17/5/07 (Daily Express) - Kuala Lumpur: A new tax to help palm oil refiners cope with cost will hurt the least efficient plantation company, analysts said, and topping the list is Tradewinds Plantations Bhd.
Key points on the environmental impact of palm oil
16/5/07 (CheckBiotech) The booming market for palm oil is driving record production but fueling rising concerns over the environmental impact of the supposedly "green" bioenergy source.
Price Stabilisation Scheme For Cooking Oil Re-Introduced
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) -- The government is reactivating the cooking oil price stabilisation scheme from June 1 in an effort to ensure sufficient supply of cooking oil and that its ceiling price is maintained, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry announced today.
Mandatory biofuel use necessary, says association
21/5/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Biofuel producers are urging the government to make the use of biofuel compulsory in order for the eco-friendly fuel business to become more economically viable.
Malaysian Palm Oil Rises for Fifth Day in Six on Indian Demand
16/5/07 (Bloomberg) -- Palm oil in Malaysia rose for a fifth day in six after Indian trade data showed imports of the world's most traded vegetable oil rose in April to a four-month high.
Indonesia's richest man plans RM13.6b pulp, palm oil expansion
9/5/07 (The Edge News) - Sukanto Tanoto, Indonesia's richest man, said his unlisted group RGM International has begun a US$4 billion (RM13.6 billion) expansion of its pulp and paper, palm oil, energy, and other interests to increase its size by 70% by 2009.
Sabah oil palm biotech success
9/5/07 (Daily Express) - Kota Kinabalu: The Sawit Kinabalu Berhad Group has successfully produced the first DxP oil palm clone from leaf ex-plant through tissue culture techniques from its biotechnology laboratory in Tawau.
