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Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO FUTURES CLOSE LOWER ONSTRONGER RINGGIT, CONCERNS OVERWEAK DEMAND
CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
Palm oil ends lower after MPOB’s data release
Long-term policy urged for oilseed sector
08/11/05 ISLAMABAD (Daily Times): The Pakistan Oilseed Development Board (PODB) has urged the government to introduce a long-term policy framework for development of the oilseed sector, which should remain unchanged for at least five years, a senior government official told the Daily Times on Monday.
Oil World sees Malaysia's 2006 palm oil output up
9/11/05 (Reuters) - Malaysia's 2006 calendar-year palm oil output is forecast to rise to 15.6 million tonnes from a likely 15.14 million tonnes in 2005, Hamburg-based oilseeds analyst Oil World said in its first preliminary estimate of the country's production.
Orang Utan vs Oil Palm
31/10/05 SINGAPORE (Bernama) -- Both sides of the divide in the Orang Utan versus oil palm plantation debate are set to meet in Kuching, Sarawak, end of next month in an international summit amid an intensified campaign against what is claimed as the destruction of Orang Utan habitats by oil palm plantations.
Research centre sought after for high yield oil palms
31/10/05 (The Star) - DESPITE its major role in breeding high oil yield palms for the IOI group, Gemencheh-based IOI Research Centre (IOI RC) is well sought after by many plantation companies keen on acquiring superior quality oil palm planting materials.
Singapore's First Biodiesel Plant
27/10/2005 (AP) - In a separate report from the one below, Channel News Asia was reporting yesterday that Archer Daniels Midland and Singapore's Wilmar Holdings (who have been longtime business partners) plan to site a 150,000 metric ton per year biodiesel plant on the same island that would house the Peter Cremer plant described below.
A Snapshot of Oilseed Demand
Global consumption of edible oils grew by a large 6m tonnes in 2004/05, stimulated by generally buoyant economic conditions and high demand for oils for fuel use.
Sudan IV dye found in various palm oil brands, UK
20/10/2005 (Medical News Today) - The illegal dye Sudan IV has beenfound in batches of Active Spiced Palm Oil, GhanaUK Trade Ventures ZomiPure Palm Oil and Rika Ventures Palm Oil. The Food Standards Agency hasissued a Food Alert for Action.
High margins trigger increase in soya oil imports
20/10/05 Mumbai , (Business Line) - Soyabean oil imports into thecountry have displayed a significant spurt this year with arrivalsincreasing by over 100 per cent from last year.
Cargill India Favours Global-Linked Price for Edib
20/10/05 NEW DELHI,(Asia Pulse) - Global Commodity trading major Cargillon Wednesday favoured an international-linked price mechanism for Indianedible oil imports in order to avoid unwanted price manipulation in thedomestic market.
