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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Malaysia’s Oct palm oil stocks seen down 2.4pc
30/10/2007 (Business Times, Malaysia) - Malaysian palm oil stocks are expected to fall 2.4 per cent in October from a month earlier due to declining production, a Reuters poll showed today.
CPO hits record RM3,000
30/10/2007 (Daily Express News), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil physical prices reached a record high of RM3,000 per tonne for November Monday, buoyed by skyrocketing oil prices of US$93 per barrel.
Middle East investors show keen interest
31/10/2007 (NST Online), Kuantan - Investors from the Middle East are expected to be among the first foreigners to take part in large-scale projects in the East Coast Economic Region (ECER).
91 Biodiesel Projects Aprroved At End-September 2007
30/10/2007 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - A total of 91 biodiesel projects with production capacity of 10.193 million tonnes per year were approved by end-September this year, Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Senator Datuk Dr S. Vijayaratnam said Tuesday.
Mass production of Malaysian biodiesel slow on soaring palm oil prices - report
30/10/2007 (Forbes), Kuala Lumpur - The mass production of palm oil-based biodiesel in Malaysia has been slow in taking off as the current high price of crude palm oil has made the use of the alternative energy source uncompetitive, a local daily reported Wednesday.
China\'s palm oil futures price hits limit up on debut trading
29/10/2007 (Xinhua), Dalian - Palm oil futures hit the maximum daily price rise limit on debut trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Monday.
Planting seeds of biofuel where little else grows
29/10/2007 (International Herald Tribune), Singapore - Until recently, Jatropha Curcas, a tall bush with highly toxic fruit and bark, was mainly used as a hedge plant to keep livestock away from crops.
Astral to boost plantation landbank
30/10/2007 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Plantation and civil engineering counter Astral Asia Bhd is likely to boost its plantation landbank by more than 10 times with its recent agreement to develop plantations in Myanmar costing about RM680mil.
MALAYSIA\'S ASTRAL ASIA IN OIL PALM PLANTATION JV IN MYANMAR
29/10/2007 (Trading Markets.com), Kuala Lumpur - Astral Asia Berhad (AAB)(KLSE:7054) on Friday said it had teamed up with two Myanmarese firms to develop 170,000 acres of virgin land into oil palm plantations in southern Myanmar.
