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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
Support The CM\'s Plans For Sabah, Says Dompok
30/01/2012 (Daily Express) - The BN government is doing all it can to ensure that that land owners without titles will get theirs, including those delayed by overlapping applications.
Palm Oil Seen Declining 5.2% by February: Technical Analysis
28/01/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, used to make everything from candy bars to biofuels, may drop 5.2 percent to 2,971 ringgit ($977) a metric ton next month after it touched a level viewed as significant by some traders, said Maybank-Kim Eng.
EPA Rejects Palm-Oil Based Biodiesel for Renewable Fuels Program
28/01/2012 (Bloomberg) - The Environmental Protection Agency said that biodiesel made from palm oil doesn’t meet the requirements to be added to its renewable fuels program because its greenhouse-gas emissions are too high.
Leaked Data: Palm Biodiesel as Dirty as Fuel From Tar Sands
28/01/2012 (The Guardian) - There are good biofuels and bad biofuels: the trick is telling one from the other. That's particularly difficult when trying to take account of the natural forests and wetlands that can destroyed in the drive to grow some biofuel crops. But we're getting closer, it seems, and palm oil and soy beans now appear utterly unsupportable as a source of biodiesel.
Sinar Mas Claims It’s Part of the Solution When It Comes to Sustainable Palm Oil
28/01/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Sinar Mas, one of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers, is spearheading new models of sustainable agriculture in the country in partnership with global giants such as Nestle.
EPA Set To Nix Palm Oil as Advanced Biofuel Feedstock
28/01/2012 (Biofuels Digest) - In Washington, Friends of the Earth relates that the EPA is expected to announce tomorrow that diesel produced from palm oil releases too many greenhouse gas emissions to qualify as a renewable fuel.
Poor Offtake Drags Edible Oils
28/01/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Lack of demand weakened most edible oils on Friday.
Palm Oil Rises
28/01/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian crude palm oil edged up on Friday in thin trades, lifted by optimism over the US Federal Reserve's pledge to keep interest rates low although gains were capped by fears of slowing demand.
Sarawak Plantation To Register Pre-tax Profit of RM100 Million
28/01/2012 (Borneo Post) - Sarawak Plantation Bhd (Sarawak Plantation) is expected to register a profit of RM100 million before tax for 2011, which will be a increase of almost 100 per cent, from RM52 million in 2010.
