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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
Accord ends plan to open world's largest palm oil areas on Borneo
12/2/07 (Kyodo) - A declaration to conserve rainforests on Borneo has ended plans to open the world's largest palm oil plantations on the island, an environmental organization said Tuesday.
Landowners in oil palm joint venture
8/2/07 KUCHING (Bernama) - A new oil palm plantation, covering 13,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, will be developed soon in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, with the participation of about 780 NCR landowners.
Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/08 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
Biofuels Could Earn Carbon Credits Before 2012 -UN
9/2/07 (Reuters) LONDON - Biofuel production in developing countries including Brazil and Indonesia could soon earn carbon credits using lucrative north-south incentives, the new head of carbon trading at the UN's climate body said on Thursday.
Report: Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
Native land to be developed into oil palm plantation
7/2/07 (The Star) - KUCHING: Some 13,000ha of native customary rights (NCR) land in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, will be developed into an oil palm plantation
RM650 Million To Redevelop Coconut Industry
BAGAN DATOH, Feb 7 (Bernama) -- The Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry has allocated RM650 million to redevelop the coconut industry, which has been badly affected as large tracts of land for the commodity were replaced by oil palm and rubber.
Biofuels Will Make China, India More Thirsty: Andy Mukherjee
8/2/07 (Bloomberg) -- If water were a globally traded commodity, with unmet demand in China and India reflected in its price, the world might shed its newfound craze for biofuels.
Sensitive items` imports up 11.7% in Apr-Dec
7/2/07 (Business Standard India) - Increase in imports of agricultural products like edible oil and foodgrain has led to a growth in imports of sensitive items by 11.7 per cent in April-December 2006 at Rs 12,959 crore, compared with Rs 14,472 crore in the same period of 2005.
