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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
\'Double Check Your Cooking Oil\'
14/11/2011 (Fiji Times) - People are being urged to be vigilant when buying cooking oil and to double check the quality of what they buy.
PQ Shipping Activity
14/11/2011 (Pakistan Observer) - Four ships arrived at Port on Friday 11th November, 2011, carrying Containers at QICT, Project Cargo at MW-2, Paraxylene at EVTL. Berth occupancy was maintained at 71% at the Port on Friday where a total of ten ships namely MV AL Mirqab, MV MSC Anafi, M.V STX Bright, M.V Alexi-1, M.T Asphalt Merchant.MT Bunga Laurel, M.T Olympic Serenity, M.T DL- Violet, M.V Kiran Africa, M.V Safina-II are currently occupying berths to load/offload rice, cement, containers bitumen, palm oil. furnace oil, paraxylene, sun flower seed was handled at Port last 24 hours.
Nepal‚ Malaysia Plan To Increase Bilateral Trade
14/11/2011 (Himalayan News Service) - Malaysian companies are signing atleast four memorandums of understanding to increase bilateral trade.
July Deadline For Free Trade Pact
14/11/2011 (The Star) - The United States and its eight Trans-Pacific Partnership allies have agreed to complete the broad outlines of the free trade agreement by July next year.
With The Hype Over, Biofuel is All But Forgotten
11/11/2011 (Jakarta Post) - When the government raised the prices of fuels in 2008, there was a hype among policy makers and energy experts for an immediate need to develop alternative and renewable energy resources.
Edo Urged To Encourage Rubber, Palm Production
11/11/2011 (The Nation) - An entrepreneur, Mr Emmanuel Odigie, has urged the Edo State government to encourage farmers to go into rubber, palm produce and cassava cultivation, among others, by providing land, funding and modern equipment.
IOI Corp To Invest RM130M On Prai Plant
11/11/2011 (Business Times) - IOI Corp, Malaysia’s second-biggest palm oil producer, will invest RM130 million on a new oleochemicals facility by 2013, the government said in a statement today. It will build a new fatty ester and speciality oleo derivative production center with a capacity of 20,000 metric tons per year at Prai Industrial Complex in Penang, it said. -- Bloomberg
Sime: No Plan Yet To Raise E&O Stake
11/11/2011 (The Star) - Sime Darby Bhd reiterated it does not have any immediate plan to increase its 30% stake in luxury lifestyle property developer, Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O).
Indonesian Minister Says Exports May Decrease in 2012
11/11/2011 (UkrAgroConsult) - Indonesian Trade Minster Gita Wirjawan said on Wednesday that the country's exports may be down next year as the gloomy global economy has started to weaken the demand of Indonesia's products.
