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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
Felda Global Ventures Selling Aussie Firm Stake
12/03/2012 (The Star) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) and its partners are looking to sell their controlling 17% stake in Australian Agricultural Co Ltd (AAco), the largest beef-cattle producing company Down Under, sources said.
No Surge But Speculative Import Of Palm Oil In February
12/03/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - The Solvent Extractors' Association has petitioned the Finance Ministry for an upward revision in tariff value (for calculation of customs duty) on the ground that the huge surge in import of refined palmolein was seriously affecting the domestic vegetable oil refining industry pushing it towards closure. However, the demand looks enervated when placed in context.
Reproducing Used Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel
12/03/2012 (Sin Chew Daily) - Recycled cooking oil is harmful to health, but it is not environmental friendly to dump used cooking oil just like that. The best solution is to used it for industrial purposes, namely to reproduce into biodiesel.
Kenya, Zambia Agree To Deepen Trade Relations
12/03/2012 (Postzambia.com) - Zambia and Kenya have emphasised the need to resolve outstanding issues on palm based oil, milk and milk products.
Activity At Karachi And Qasim Ports
12/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Business RecorderThe Karachi Port handled 82,515 tonnes of cargo comprising1 48,199 tonnes of import cargo and 34,316 tonnes of export cargo including 4,552 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday.
Are The Plantations Training Enough Managers?
12/03/2012 (Borneo Post) - Probably many young people looking for work would opt for a life on the plantation if they know more about it.
Kenya, Zambia Identify New Areas Of Co-operation
12/03/2012 (Zambia Daily Mail) - The Zambia-Kenya Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) has identified gender, security and energy as new priority areas of co-operation between the two countries.
Palm Oil Gains
09/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures extended gains on Thursday as investor sentiment brightened on hopes Greece would secure a debt swap deal to avoid a messy default, while promising US jobs data also supported prices.
Analysts See A Bullish Trend In Palm Oil Prices
09/03/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - A generally bullish outlook for palm oil prices in the coming months was presented by various speakers at the Palm and Lauric Oils Price Outlook conference here.
