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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
Palm Oil Output Below Forecast
PLANTATION COMPANIES By Hwang DBS Vickers Research CPO price forecast: RM2,990/tonne 13/04/2012 (The Star) - Malaysia's March palm oil output of 1.211 million tonnes, 2% higher from a month before, was significantly below our forecast of 1.494 million tonnes, as fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yields in east Malaysia were 18% below the same month last year.
Green Groups May Call For Boycott of Indonesian Palm Oil Over Forest Destruction in Sumatra
12/04/2012 (Mongabay.com) - Environmental groups are escalating their battle over an area of peat forest in Tripa, Sumatra that has been granted for oil palm plantations.
Sime Darby: Trying to Change Lives; How the Malaysian Oil Palm Giant is Making it Work Amidst Colossal Challenges
12/04/2012 (Liberian Observer) - The 14-year Civil war in Liberia was more than enough to put the country’s economy that was stabled and could even be compared to some European and Asian countries in a shattered state. The sound of guns and the terror created by those executing the war were far beyond human imagination. Investors at the time, who were considered the true engines of the country’s economy fled for their lives, leaving behind millions of dollars of investments in flames.
Sierra Leone: Local Resistance Grows As Investors Snap Up Land
12/04/2012 (The Guardian) - Alusine Kortu says he hasn\'t seen any big, new agricultural investments in the Bonthe district of southern Sierra Leone. But the local chief has heard rumours about large-scale land deals in other parts of the west African country – where estimates suggest nearly 20% of farmland has been snapped up by investors – and says he wants to be ready if and when companies come to his area.
Agriculture Key to Our Reform Agenda, Says VP
12/04/2012 (THISDay) - Vice-President Namadi Sambo has said agriculture would be the core of the transformational agenda of the country, not just for food security but for the creation of wealth and provision of employment to the teeming youths of the country.
Strong Exports, Factory Output
12/04/2012 (The Star) - February Trade/IP by HSBC Global Research, February Trade by CIMB Research & Rating Ootlook By Moody's.
Wilmar to Spend $300M in Two Years
12/04/2012 (Jakarta Post) - The largest palm oil producer in the nation, Wilmar Indonesia, will build several new plants worth US$300 million in the next two years, a company executive said.
Bumitama Agri Shares Open 35 Pct Higher Than IPO Price
12/04/2012 (Reuters) - Shares of Singapore-listed Bumitama Agri Ltd opened 35 percent above its initial public offering price on Thursday, helped by a strong outlook for palm oil prices.
Crude Falls; Palm Oil Futures Climb: Commodities at Close
11/04/2012 (Bloomberg) - The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities fell 0.1 percent to 683.96 at 5:22 p.m. Singapore time. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials were unchanged to 1,595.1545.
