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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
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Key points on the environmental impact of palm oil
16/5/07 (CheckBiotech) The booming market for palm oil is driving record production but fueling rising concerns over the environmental impact of the supposedly "green" bioenergy source.
Price Stabilisation Scheme For Cooking Oil Re-Introduced
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) -- The government is reactivating the cooking oil price stabilisation scheme from June 1 in an effort to ensure sufficient supply of cooking oil and that its ceiling price is maintained, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry announced today.
Mandatory biofuel use necessary, says association
21/5/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Biofuel producers are urging the government to make the use of biofuel compulsory in order for the eco-friendly fuel business to become more economically viable.
Malaysian Palm Oil Rises for Fifth Day in Six on Indian Demand
16/5/07 (Bloomberg) -- Palm oil in Malaysia rose for a fifth day in six after Indian trade data showed imports of the world's most traded vegetable oil rose in April to a four-month high.
Indonesia's richest man plans RM13.6b pulp, palm oil expansion
9/5/07 (The Edge News) - Sukanto Tanoto, Indonesia's richest man, said his unlisted group RGM International has begun a US$4 billion (RM13.6 billion) expansion of its pulp and paper, palm oil, energy, and other interests to increase its size by 70% by 2009.
Sabah oil palm biotech success
9/5/07 (Daily Express) - Kota Kinabalu: The Sawit Kinabalu Berhad Group has successfully produced the first DxP oil palm clone from leaf ex-plant through tissue culture techniques from its biotechnology laboratory in Tawau.
CNOOC to build 3 biodiesel plants in West Kalimantan
7/5/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - China's largest offshore oil producer by output, CNOOC, plans to build three biodiesel plants in West Kalimantan this year, a government official says.
Slippery price of cooking oil
7/5/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Seen from the point of view of supply and demand, the steep rise in domestic cooking oil prices over the last few weeks seems rather strange, as it has nothing to do with supply shortages or a sudden surge in demand.
MPOB Will Continue To Promote Palm Oil For Halal Products
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOB) says it will continue to promote palm oil as a great solution for halal products.
