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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Food Industry Leaders Gather at German Sustainable Palm Oil Seminar
27/10/2010 (Flex News Food) - Today, a seminar on sustainable palm oil under auspice of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was held in Düsseldorf/Neuss, Germany. The seminar was organized by IOI-Loders Croklaan Europe, an executive board member of the RSPO.
Cargill mulls scheme aimed at saving Indonesia forests
27/10/2010 (Reuters) - Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc may well become the first major palm oil buyer to invest in a carbon credit scheme that rewards nations like Indonesia for preserving forests, a key official said on Wednesday.
East M’sian firms expected to pay windfall tax soon
27/10/2010 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - With the price of crude palm oil (CPO) trading above RM3,000 per tonne, plantation companies in Peninsular Malaysia have started paying the palm oil windfall profit tax (WPT) while their peers in Sabah and Sarawak are expected to follow suit.
Siat\'s Ghana palm oil to go green in 2011
26/10/2010 (Reuters), London - African palm oil producer Siat Group is set to get its Ghanaian output certified as sustainable by early next year, the Brussels based firm said on Tuesday.
Indonesia to up crude palm oil export tax Nov, maintain biofuel tax
26/10/2010 (Platts), Singapore - Indonesia, a burgeoning exporter of biodiesel in Southeast Asia, announced Tuesday that it will raise export tax on crude palm oil to 10% in November, up 2.5 percentage points from October, but will maintain the export tax on biodiesel at 2%.
CPO trades up on international market
26/10/2010 (Commodity Online) - Crude palm oil futures staged a rally on Monday on follow through buying supported by the rally seen in international market.
Palm Oil records increase in June
26/10/2010 (Solomon Star) - All palm products recorded increases in the second quarter, re?ecting high commodity prices as well as high cropping season during the period.
Planters need to do more checks to prevent forest fire and haze
26/10/2010 (The Star Online) - THE recurring forest fire in the oil palm concession area of Sumatra causing massive haze and air pollution has certainly added another issue to Western environmental NGOs.
Palm Oil Industry To Create RM57.6 Billion Business Opportunities
25/10/2010 (Bernama) - The Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) roadmap will see the natural growth of Malaysia's palm oil industry to capture three business opportunities worth RM57.6 billion by 2020.
