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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
Palm oil exports to China drops in April
22/04/2010 (Business Times, Malaysia) - Loading of Malaysian palm oil destined for China fell in April 1-20 to the lowest level this year because of weak demand and large domestic stockpiles, the China National Grain and Oils Information Center said.
High palm kernel keeps coconut oil on boil
22/04/2010 (Financial Express), Kochi - Rise in prices of palm kernel oil has helped coconut oil prices to remain steady even during peak coconut producing season in Kerala.
Indonesia-Malaysia producers may decide to ignore RSPO
21/04/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - Major producers of palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia say they may disregard the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) if the international forum insists on raising the threshold on the principles and criteria for certification of mills and plantations.
Jump in Malaysia palm oil output to be short-lived
21/04/2010 (Agri Money) - The hangover from dry weather, and a persistent shortage of plantation workers, should put an end to a surprise recovery in Malaysia's palm oil production.
Oil palm issue ‘not Church business’: Indon bishop
19/04/2010 (Cath News Asia) - Religious men and women should not get involved in controversy over oil palm plantations in the country, which is “none of the Catholic Church’s business,†says the archbishop of Pontianak in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province
Despite billions in U.S. aid, Colombia struggles to reduce poverty
19/04/2010 (The Washington Post), Algarrobo, Colombia - Eight years after President Alvaro Uribe took office and began harnessing billions in U.S. aid to pummel Marxist guerrillas, Colombia is safer for this country's 45 million people and for the foreign investors who have flocked here.
Much of palm oil or saturated oil affects our health – Chichi Iwuamadi, wellness expert
18/07/2010 (The Punch) - Chichi Iwuamadi, a wellness expert, offers tips on how to age gracefully and be in good shape in this interaction with KEMI ASHEFON
Orang-utans urge shareholders \"Stop Nestle using palm oil from rainforest destruction\"
16/14/2010 (Media-Newswire.com), Lausanne, Switzerland — 30 Greenpeace activists ( 1 ) dressed as orang-utans today called on Nestlé shareholders to ‘give orang-utans a break’ and stop profiting from destroying the rainforest and accelerating climate change as they arrived at Nestlé’s Annual General Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
