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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
MARKET TALK: China Olein Stocks May Touch 300,000
16/12/04 (Dow Jones)--RBD palm olein prices in China likely to remainunder pressure in medium term as stocks are poised to build up further.Research firm Shanghai Pansun says stocks at major ports could touch300,000 tons by year-end as new cargoes arrive. RBD palm olein in Chinanow quoted around CNY4,500-CNY4,550/ton; weak domestic prices likely tolimit room for further imports by China, which is bearish for CPO futuresin Malaysia.
Nigerian state moves to improve palm oil productio
12/16/2004 THIS DAY (NIGERIA) - AAGM - Ebonyi State Government has signedMemorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with a Germany-based internationalInvestment and Trade Company, Globe Commodities, to establish palm oilprocessing plant and expand the state's palm oil plantation to 30,000hectares.
Sarawak short of NCR land for oil palm estates
Wednesday December 15, 2004 - KUCHING: There has been a new surge ofinvestors keen to develop native customary rights (NCR) land for oil palmplantations, said state Land Development Minister Datuk Dr James Masing.
Trans fats bad for the brain- not just the heart-
12/16/2004 - Mark Mattson and colleagues from the National Institute onAging, Baltimore, US, have found that saturated and trans fats are notonly bad for the heart but bad for the brain as well. They have linkedthese fats to age-related memory loss and a lessening of the ability tolearn.
Labour Shortage Woes
New Straits Times - Dec 14 6:51 PM - A SHORTAGE of workers could frustratethe State's target to develop one million hectares of land into oil palmplantations by 2010.Land Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr James Masing said oil palmproduction could also be affected if there is not enough labour.
AZRB forays into palm oil with Indonesian firm buy
December 15 2004 - CONSTRUCTION company Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd (AZRB) isdiversifying into oil palm plantation following its acquisition of 95 percent equity in PT Ichtiar Gusti Pudi IGP for 17 billion rupiah (100 rupiah= RM0.04).
Biodiesel produces elevated particulate matter emi
12/15/2004 Renewable Fuel News - Biodiesel used in existing dieselvehicles not fitted with aftertreatment devices results in "similar"carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions levels whencompared to conventional diesel fuel, but particulate matter (PM)emissions "are clearly raised" when making the same comparison. That'saccording to results of a biodiesel test carried out by Japan's NationalTraffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, which was released by theMinistry of Environment.
Liquid Cargo Terminal To Be Established In Pakista
KARACHI, Dec 14 Asia Pulse - Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and FWQEnterprises (Private) Limited (a joint venture of Felda Palm Industries,Malaysia and Westbury Private Limited, Pakistan) signed an agreement onDecember 11 for establishing Liquid Cargo Terminal.
M'sia's Exports To Former Soviet Union Countries R
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's exports to the former SovietUnion countries increased by 25.34 percent or RM360.97 million toRM1,785.60 for the first nine months of this year compared with RM1,424.63in the same period last year.
