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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
India Edible Oil Import to Rise as Palm Oil Declines
11/02/2009 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s biggest buyer of vegetable oils after China, may import 14 percent more cooking oil in the year to October because of a drop in palm oil prices.
Sustainable agriculture standards – can we not see the forest for the trees?
11/02/2009 (CSR Asia) - Some of the World’s most prominent sustainable agriculture standards are coming under attack – their credibility and viability threatened by large international NGOs that are fed up with slow progress. But can these attacks create such confusion and mistrust that companies give up and go back to the less-than-sustainable “old ways�
Minister: B5 to be fully implemented by 2010
11/02/2009 (Daily Express, Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Usage of the mandatory blending of five percent palm oil with diesel (B5) will be fully implemented by 2010, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin.
Biodiesel scheme will be a success, says MPOB
11/02/2009 (Daily Express, Malaysia), Tawau - Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Director General Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid admits it is struggling to carry out the biodiesel (B5) scheme nationwide.
PWD, Army Trucks In Tawau To Use Biodiesel In April
10/02/2009 (Bernama), Tawau - Vehicles of the Defence Ministry and Public Works Department (PWD) here are to use biodiesel fuel or B5 in April, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid said Tuesday.
New model to save forests from palm oil
10/02/2009 (Carbon Positive) - A new sustainable development model could allow palm oil producers to continue to expand without destroying valuable forests, its proponents, the World Resources Institute, claims. The US-based environmental research and advocacy group says its POTICO model could act as a circuit-breaker in an industry at the centre of one of the biggest environmental problems of the current time.
IOI\'ss Pamol Estates Awarded RSPO Certification
10/02/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - IOI Corporation Bhd announced today that its Pamol Estates Grouping in Sabah has been awarded the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Compliance Certification for its sustainable palm oil production.
Letter: Palm oil issue - Some reflections
11/02/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - It is easy for the EU to take pot shots at Malaysia and Indonesia for attempting to develop economically by cultivating palm oil for biofuel.
KL Kepong leads planters higher
10/02/2009 (Business Times, Malaysia) - KUALA Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Malaysia’s third biggest palm oil producer, rose to a five-month high in Kuala Lumpur trading, leading an advance among plantation stocks after palm oil prices climbed to a month’s record.
