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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
IOI, Largest Oil-Palm Grower, Targets Acquisitions
22/2/07 (Bloomberg) -- IOI Corp., the world's largest oil- palm grower, plans takeovers in Southeast Asia to extend the company's plantations by a third as demand for the crop rises.
Oil Giant Chevron Bets on Biodiesel
24/2/07 (RedNova) GALVESTON -- Next month, the world will get a glimpse of what Big Oil can bring to the fast-growing alternative fuels movement when a new biodiesel plant, backed by a major U.S. oil company, opens for business in Texas.
Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. Announces Process to Bring Palm 'Green' Biodiesel Prices to Below Crude Diesel
22/2/07 SEAFORD, Del., PRNewswire - Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NCSH - News), announced today that nano-enhanced, environmentally friendly, "Green" oils and lubricants can be made from a waste by-product of one Palm Biodiesel production process to offset costs and bring fuel pricing below the cost per barrel of crude oil.
1,000ha of mangrove swamp to make way for palm oil industrial zones
27/2/07 (The Star) - KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is losing 1,000ha of mangrove swamp for developing two palm oil industrial cluster zones in the east coast.
Synergy Drive aims to become global player
27/2/07 (Business Times) - SYNERGY Drive Sdn Bhd is on track to becoming a global player within the next four to five years, and for starters it will bolster its huge plantation business.
Good oil in our palm
27/2/07 (NSTP) - Palm oil is no longer the 'bad boy' of oils as research extols its antioxidant properties.
The palm-oil advantage in biofuel
26/2/07 (Checkbiotech.org) - The high prices of petroleum have stimulated the rapid development of the biofuel industry in the European Union, United States and to some extent in Malaysia. Biofuel offers strategic advantages for different sectors and stakeholders.
Nano Chemical Systems Make Green Oils and Lubricants from Palm Oil Waste by-Product
25/2/07 (AZoNano.com) - Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc., announced today that nano-enhanced, environmentally friendly, "Green" oils and lubricants can be made from a waste by-product of one Palm Biodiesel production process to offset costs and bring fuel pricing below the cost per barrel of crude oil.
Genting may sell oil palm unit, focus on gaming business
23/2/07 (Business Times) - GENTING Bhd, the world's fifth largest casino operator, may sell its 54.8 per cent subsidiary, Asiatic Development Bhd, as the group wants to fully focus on its global gaming business, industry sources said.
