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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
Group pilots use of biofuels to expand mobile coverage
11/10/2006 (EE Times Europe) - LONDON - Ericssson has joined forces with the GSM Association and multinational telecommunications group MTN to promote the use of biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world.
CPO prices may fall further on cheaper oil
10/10/06 (NSTP) - CRUDE palm oil prices (CPO), which have weakened 6 per cent over the past three months, may soften further, dragged by depressed crude oil prices when compared with palm oil-based biodiesel.
Austrian Firm Begins Construction on Biodiesel Plant in China
10/10/06 NANJING (Xinhua) -- Austrian company Biolux on Tuesday started construction on a wholly-owned project to produce biological diesel oil in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
Tariff value on palm oil retained
3/10/06 (New Kerala) New Delhi, - The Government has retained the base price for levying import duty on palm oil to keep their prices under check.
Palm oil to fetch better prices
3/10/06 (The Star) - MUAR: Demand for bio-diesel fuel will boost palm oil prices, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Zambo Sibugay offers 113 hectares for oil palm plantation
3/10/06 (Sun Star) - ZAMBOANGA Sibugay is eyeing to become the center of oil palm industry in Zamboanga Peninsula having at least 113,000 hectares open for investors to develop oil palm plantations.
Amid trans-fat fears, companies turn to Dr. Fehr's beans
3/10/06 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) AMES, Iowa -- In his cramped lab at Iowa State University here, Walt Fehr developed a soybean whose oil could help eliminate one of the biggest problems facing the food industry today: trans fats blamed for everything from heart disease to hypertension to memory loss.
Thick Smog In Indonesia's Jambi Province Uncontrollable
JAMBI, Oct 2 (Bernama) -- Jambi deputy governor Antony Zeidra Abidin held an impromptu meeting Sunday with a number of head of agencies and related authorities under his administration to deal with the increasingly thickening fog over Jambi, caused by forest and oil palm plantation fire.
Ban on paraquat lifted for study
2/10/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: The ban on the herbicide paraquat will be temporarily lifted from Nov 1, to allow a comprehensive study on its many uses
