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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
Two Indonesian Men Arrested for Killing Dozens of Orangutans, Monkeys
23/11/2011 (Channel 6 News Online) - Indonesian police arrested two men on Monday for allegedly killing dozens of monkeys and orangutans in the province of East Kalimantan, the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday.
Oil Import Bill Increases By 53.9pc
23/11/2011 (DAWN.com) - Pakistan import bill for oil recorded a growth of over 53.9 per cent in the first four months this year over the last year, suggest Federal Bureau of Statistics data issued on Monday.
Indonesia Green Prosperity Program Gets $600 Million from State Dept
22/11/2011 (SustainableBusiness.com) - This weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement with Indonesia\'s government to provide over $600 million in U.S. aid, more than half of which will be dedicated to a \"green prosperity\" program.
Mission Announces Spent Bleached Earth Processing Facility
22/11/2011 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Mission NewEnergy Ltd. has announced the construction of a new waste processing facility in Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia. The facility will allow Mission to recover palm oil from spent bleached earth (SBE), which is a waste material in the palm oil refining process.
Lower Kinabatangan Has Lost 300 Orang Utan Since 2004
22/11/2011 (Bernama) -- The Lower Kinabatangan located on the east coast of Sabah has lost about 300 orang utan in seven years due to forest isolation and loss of corridors, according to Dr Marc Ancrenaz, the scientific director of HUTAN - Kinabatangan Orang Utan Conservation Programme (KOCP).
COFCO Now China\'s Leading Rapeseed Processor -Xinhua
22/11/2011 (Reuters) - COFCO Co. Ltd, the country's largest state-owned grain trading house, has completed construction of four rapeseed plants in China's major growing areas, making it the largest rapeseed processor in the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
Indonesia Stock Market Drops on US, Europe Debt Concerns
22/11/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - The Jakarta Composite Index lost 1.5 percent to 3,699.01 by midday on Monday as concerns over European and United States debt continue to increase.
Warnings As Sustainable Palm Oil Effort Falters
21/11/2011 (PhysOrg.com) - Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.
Palm Oil Need Not Harm Environment or Communities - Study
21/11/2011 (Voxy) - The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of 130 million tons of vegetable oil annually, is strongly challenged by indigenous peoples and civil society organisations.
