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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
BUSH CALLS FOR 20 PERCENT REDUCTION IN US GASOLINE USE BY 2017
22/1/07 (AP) - In his 2007 State of the Union address, US President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to reduce the country's use of gasoline by 20 percent in the next decade, by promoting alternative fuel sources and increased fuel efficiency standards for automobiles.
Indonesian jailed for palm oil plantation in protected area
13/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has sentenced a palm oil plantation owner to eight years in jail for illegal cultivation in protected forest areas, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
Palm oil - eco-vandal turned environmental saviour?
11/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The oil palm must be the most reviled plant on earth, held responsible for everything from rainforest destruction and orangutan annihilation to polluted Asian skies and exploitation of workers.
Accord ends plan to open world's largest palm oil areas on Borneo
12/2/07 (Kyodo) - A declaration to conserve rainforests on Borneo has ended plans to open the world's largest palm oil plantations on the island, an environmental organization said Tuesday.
Landowners in oil palm joint venture
8/2/07 KUCHING (Bernama) - A new oil palm plantation, covering 13,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, will be developed soon in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, with the participation of about 780 NCR landowners.
Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/08 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
Biofuels Could Earn Carbon Credits Before 2012 -UN
9/2/07 (Reuters) LONDON - Biofuel production in developing countries including Brazil and Indonesia could soon earn carbon credits using lucrative north-south incentives, the new head of carbon trading at the UN's climate body said on Thursday.
Report: Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
Native land to be developed into oil palm plantation
7/2/07 (The Star) - KUCHING: Some 13,000ha of native customary rights (NCR) land in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, will be developed into an oil palm plantation
