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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil under near-term pressure as rising stocks outweigh El Niño fears
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
Malaysia, South Korea Sign MoU On Biofuel
12/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- Malaysia and South Korea, Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in research and development (R&D) relating to biofuels, particularly oil palm based.
MPOB To Help Build 3 Bio-Diesel Plants
12/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- In support of the government's move towards renewable energy supply, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Monday entered into agreements with three companies, namely Rubiatec Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Golden Hope Plantations Bhd; Kumpulan Fima Bhd and; Carotino Sdn Bhd for the development of three bio-diesel plants.
Indonesia And Malaysia Can't Fix CPO Prices
12/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Asean Vegetables Oil Club (AVOC) said it is impossible for Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's largest and second largest producers of crude palm oil [CPO], to set the price of the commodity
Kellogg's Trans-Fat Tradeoff
12/12/05 (Financial Times) - With a new Food and Drug Administration labeling guideline just weeks away, Kellogg (NYSE: K - News) disclosed Friday that it will replace oils high in trans fatty acids in some of its products with a new soy oil that promises to cut or eliminate trans fat content.
Don't Interfere, Masing Tells NCR Landowners
11/12/05 KANOWIT (Bernama) -- Sarawak Land Development Minister Datuk Dr James Jemut Masing is concerned over the tendency among some landowners and politicians to interfere in the running of oil palm plantations on native customary right (NCR) lands in the state.
Local supplies to trim Indian edible oil imports
10/12/2005 NEW DELHI, (Reuters): Good domestic supplies and stocks are expected to trim India's edible oil imports by more than 100,000 tonnes in November-January, or around 15 per cent, trade and industry officials said yesterday.
Duty duel jars Asean symphony
12/12/05 Kuala Lumpur, (The Tetegaph) - A duty duel is raging amid a diplomatic scramble to carve out a pan-Asian free trade area.
Settlers told to improve status
13/12/05 (The Star) - PUTRAJAYA: Felda settlers, who will get RM97mil in bonus payments by the end of the month, must strive harder to be either in the middle-income or lower middle-income group, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Govt to proceed with huge plantation plan
11/12/05 (Jakarta Post) JAKARTA: - The government says it will stick to its plan to clear 1.8 million hectares of forest on the Indonesian-Malaysian borders in Kalimantan despite the discovery of a rare carnivore, dubbed the Beast of Borneo, in the island's forests recently.
