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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
Commerce Ministry Adds Eight More Items To List
05/01/2012 (Bangkok Post) - The Commerce Ministry will add eight more items to its price control list and closely monitor food prices affected by global warming.
Palm Oil Surges as Tighter Soybean Supplies May Increase Demand
04/01/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil rallied to the highest level in more than six weeks on concern that hot, dry weather in South America may damage crops of soybeans, crushed to make an alternative edible oil, and as demand may rise in China.
Kenya: Oil Palm Uproots Sugar Cane From Farms in Busia
04/12/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - Oil palm is emerging as an alternative cash crop for residents of Western Province who have mainly relied on sugarcane farming for years.
Mewah Diversifies Its Operations To Indonesia, Output To Go Up 23%
04/01/2012 (The Star) - Mewah International Inc, Malaysia’s biggest palm oil refiner after Wilmar International Ltd, said its planned investment in Indonesia would diversify operations and increase processing capacity by 23%.
Indonesia’s Pension Fund Is Bearish on Commodity Stocks
04/01/2012 (Bloomberg) - PT Jaminan Sosial Tenaga Kerja, Indonesia’s national pension fund, is bearish on the nation’s commodity stocks as slowing global growth may curb exports from the world’s biggest supplier of thermal coal, palm oil and tin.
Sabah RE Producers Will Enjoy Rates Under FiT
04/01/2012 (Daily Express) - Renewable energy (RE) producers in Sabah, who are mostly biomass and biogas plant operators at palm oil mills, will not enjoy the 32 sen per kilowatt per hour (kWh) under the feed-in tariff (FiT).
JCI Surges as Investors Return From the Holiday
04/01/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesian stocks rebounded on Tuesday, trailing gains across the region after a spate of manufacturing reports showed economic growth in Asia wasn’t slowing.
Decline in Malaysian Palm Oil Exports
04/01/2012 (India Infoline) - The exports of Malaysian palm oil products declined 2.6% to 1,493,128 tonnes in December 2011 compared with the previous month.
Investments in ARMM Undisturbed Amid Conflict
04/01/2012 (Philstar.com) – Armed conflicts may have destabilized some areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, but investors still poured around P1.7 billion worth of ventures in the area from January to October in 2011.
