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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Activists: Palm oil industry drives deforestation
13/05/2009 (Forbes) - The palm oil industry loves to tout its green credentials, mostly on the back of its biofuels burning cleaner than gasoline.
India\'s April veg oil imports double y/y
13/05/2010(Reuters), New Delhi - India\'s edible oil imports in April doubled to 659,477 tonnes from a year ago, slightly higher than forecasts, as domestic demand rose and local oilseed output was lower than expectations, a leading trade body said.
Sime Darby maps oil palm genes, looks to boost output
12/05/2009 (Reuters), KUala Lumpur - Planter Sime Darby, Malaysia's largest listed firm, has created the first genetic blueprint of oil palms, saying on Tuesday the map will lead to higher output and planting of drought resistant trees.
454, Synamatix, Malaysian Plantation Company Sequence Oil Palm Genome
12/05/2009 (Genome Web) - Roche's 454 Life Sciences and Malaysian companies Sime Darby and Synamatix have sequenced and assembled the genome of the oil palm, 454 said today.
Activists: Palm oil co\'s grabbing land in Asia
12/05/2009 (Forbes) - Scores of communities in Malaysia and Indonesia are being uprooted by rapidly expanding palm oil plantations as companies try to meet the expected demand for biofuels, environmentalists alleged Tuesday.
Palm oil genome to boost yields
12/05/2009 (Straits Times, Singapore), Kuala Lumpur - A MALAYSIAN conglomerate said on Tuesday it has sequenced the genome for the oil palm, a development that will allow it to produce new varieties that will double yields of the edible oil.
Neste Oil\'s plans for global leadership in palm oil diesel will drive massive rainforest destruction and climate change
12/05/2009 (Press Release Point) - Porvoo,Finland— This morning, 32 Greenpeace activists from Finland and Sweden are demonstrating in a palm oil diesel refinery of Neste Oil in Porvoo, Finland, where they hung a banner with the text 'Neste Oil - destroying the rainforests'.
Impact of oil palm cultivation
12/05/2009 (Straits Times, Singapore), - PALM oil plantations are responsible for deforestation and biodiversity loss in Malaysia and Indonesia, scientists say.
Malaysia Sime says hot weather affecting palm output
12/05/2009 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - The current hot weather has affected the palm oil production of Malaysian planter Sime Darby, a top official said on Tuesday.
