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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
UK University, Malaysian Firm to Build Oil Palm Genetic Research Center
13 /2/2007 (soyatech.com) -- The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is to collaborate on a new research centre that will focus on oil palm research using the latest molecular techniques.
Australia and New Zealand Launch Collaboration to Reduce Trans Fats in the Food Supply
12/2/2007 (soyatech.com) -- Opening the inaugural meeting of the Australia New Zealand Collaboration on Transfats today the Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said that this was an important public health initiative.
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.
