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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
Westerners' Accusation Aims To Hurt Oil Palm Industry - Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today said that certain groups in the West are bent on hurting Malaysia's oil palm industry when they accuse the country of killing thousands of orangutan when conducting land clearing for oil palm cultivation.
Muhyiddin Calls For Research On Palm Kernel Cake As Cattle Fodder
AUCKLAND, April 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called for Malaysian research to determine how palm kernel cake can be used as fodder to boost production of milk by cattle
Palm oil touches new high of $735 per ton
15/4/07 KARACHI (Business Recorder) - Palm oil prices have gone up by $35 per ton to new high of $735 during last two weeks, deteriorating edible oil crisis in Pakistan, importers told Business Recorder on Saturday.
NGOs trying to get ban on palm oil
14/4/07 KUCHING (The Star) - The state Agriculture Department has refuted a claim by European-based non-governmental organisations that oil palm plantations on peat soil produce excessive carbon dioxide and contribute to global warming.
Customs duty on palm oil cut
13/4/07 (The Hindu) NEW DELHI - The Union Government on Friday reduced the customs duty on crude and refined palm oil by 10 percentage points to check rising prices of these edible oils and contain inflation.
Jatropha needs research to unlock biofuel potential
18/4/07 MADRID (Reuters) - Jatropha, a tough bush with oil-bearing fruit, has plenty of small scale potential but needs more research before it can be grown on a large scale to produce biofuel, a Dutch plant specialist told a conference on Wednesday.
PAC Looking Into Ways To Advance Palm Oil Industry
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 (Bernama) -- The Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) is looking into ways to advance the Malaysian palm oil industry, assisting scientists at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to prioritise their research and development programme.
India palm oil duty cut imminent as prices surge
12/4/07 MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is likely to reduce import duties on palm oil soon, as the government is concerned that soaring prices of the essential commodity might fuel inflation, a leading industry official said.
Indonesia Follows Suit In The Production And Use of Biofuels
12/4/07 (Mondaq) - Biofuels around the Globe. In Brazil, cars run on a 25 percent ethanol gasoline blend, taking advantage of being the world's largest producer of sugar-based ethanol of 16 billion litres (3.52 billion gallons) a year.
