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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Supply tightening boosts value for Malaysian palm oil
Astra Agro Secures $50 Million For Expansion
07/05/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly-listed oil palm plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI) recently obtained credit amounting to US$50 million from three banks to finance expansion projects, an executive has said.
Sandakan To Host Palmex 2012 Amid Growing Importance In Palm Oil Industry
05/05/2012 (Bernama) - Sandakan will once again play host to Malaysia's largest palm oil exhibition, PALMEX Malaysia 2012, amid its growing prospects and importance in the country's oil palm industry.
Palm Oil Posts Biggest Weekly Loss This Year on Malaysian Output
05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil posted the biggest weekly decline this year on speculation that production in Malaysia probably gained for a second month in April, boosting global cooking-oil supplies.
Crude Declines; Palm Oil Trims Weekly Drop: Commodities at Close
05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Soybeans advanced for the first time in four days as U.S. export sales increased, draining inventories in the world’s largest grower. Corn and wheat rose.
Oil Palm – Malaysia’s Golden Crop
05/05/2012 (The Star) - Is the value and worth of an oil palm plantation in a structural uptrend?
Activity At Karachi And Qasim Ports
05/05/2012 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 76,241 tonnes of cargo comprising1 55,022 tonnes of import cargo and 21,219 tonnes of export cargo including 1,997 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday.
Brazil Seeks Biofuel Exports to Spain as Argentina Barred
05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Brazilian biodiesel producers are seeking export agreements with Spanish oil companies after the European country moved to cut off imports of the renewable fuel from Argentina.
RI Formally Challenges US Palm-Oil Policy
05/05/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia has formally challenged the recent greenhouse gas analysis of palm oil issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying that palm oil-based biofuel is qualified to join the renewable fuel program in the world’s energy market.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Ends Lower on Econ Fears; Data Eyed
05/05/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Friday, touching a six-week low at 3,335 ringgit, the steepest weekly loss since November, as investors remain worried about the health of the global economy.
