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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
India\'s Oilseeds, Grains Production May Exceed Target (Update1)
18/09/2007 (Bloomberg) - India's oilseed harvest may exceed government target this year, likely reducing imports of cooking oils that helped palm oil surge to a record.
Edible oil prices continue to climb
18/09/2007 (The International News) - KARACHI: The edible oil wholesalers have got a free hand as they have all liberty to set prices of local and imported oils without any check and fear of the government.
Malaysian palm oil earnings to hit record in 2007
16/09/2007 (AFP), KUALA LUMPUR - The value of Malaysia's palm oil exports is expected to reach a record high this year thanks to strong worldwide demand fuelled by the boom in biofuels, a report said Sunday.
Demand for bio-diesel has soared due to high price of fossil fuel
16/09/2007 (The Star Online), MIRI - Palm oil export is set to turn in record earnings this year. The worldwide demand for palm oil for making bio-fuel such as bio-diesel has soared worldwide because of the current high price of fossil fuels and the increasing global warming due to overuse of fossil fuels.
Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom
17/09/2007 (The Daily Star) - Southeast Asian nations are gearing up for a palm oil boom as interest in biofuels soars, but activists warn the crop may not satisfy a global thirst for energy that is both clean and green.
Oil, ghee manufacturers increase prices at will
16/09/2007 (The International News), LAHORE - Edible oil prices in Pakistan are increasing at a time when Malaysian palm oil rates are on the decline and refined bleached deodorized palm olein rates dropping from a peak of $900 per tonne to $787 per tonne in August.
Indonesia beckons foreign palm oil companies
16/09/2007 (The Star Online), JAKARTA - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, wants foreigners to develop new plantations and may prevent them from acquiring existing operations, the agriculture minister said yesterday.
The Backlash Against Biofuels
14/09/2007 (The Investor's Business Daily) - Alternative Energy: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says biofuels may do more harm than good and that supporters may have a hidden agenda. Should corn be in our gas tank as well as our cereal bowl?
Research on ways of using oil palm sap
07/09/2007 (The Star Online) - Universiti Sains Malaysia has taken yet another step towards energy efficiency. In continuing a string of co- operation with the Japan Inter-national Research Centre for Agricultural Science (JIRCAS), USM signed a research agreement for the development of utilising oil palm sap in ethanol production.
