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Malaysia's palm oil stocks hit 8-month high in May as output jumps
FGV may see earnings fall over 50pct annually from expanded SST
CIMB: India's duty cut, low stocks seen boosting Malaysian palm oil exports
Palm Oil Market Set for Strong Growth to USD 106.5 Billion by 2032 Amid Rising Sustainability Focus
Forests in Southeast Asia Fall to Prosperity's Ax
2/5/06 LONG ALONGO, Indonesia (New York Times ) For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived among the majestic trees and churning rivers in an untouched corner of Borneo, catching fish and wild game, cultivating rice and making do without roads. But all that is about to change.
Tariff values for palm oils hiked
Chennai 28/4/05 (Business LIne) - The Union Government on Friday raised the tariff values for palm group of oils by $7 a tonne, while keeping that of crude soyabean oil unchanged. On April 17, it had cut the values for the palm group of oils by $10 and that of soya oil by $4.
Planters await biodiesel bill
1/5/06 (The Star) - LOCAL plantation companies, particularly those with huge investments in palm-based biodiesel projects, are eagerly awaiting the biodiesel bill to be passed by the Parliament next month.
A new cash crop for smallholders
1/5/06 (The Star) - WHILE the focus on palm-based biodiesel remains intact, the National Smallholders Association (NASH) has formed a joint venture with an Indian company to set up Malaysia's first Jetropha Curcus (JC)-based biodiesel processing and refining plant.
RM100b from oil palm seen: POIC
28/4/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Sabah Sdn Bhd estimates that the palm oil produced in Sabah (5.33 million tonnes in 2005) has potential of generating up to RM100 billion in economic value if its downstream potentials are fully exploited.
Felcra catching up with bigger GLC peers
30/4/05 (The Star) - FELCRA Bhd, a low-profile plantation-based government-linked company (GLC), is playing catch-up with its more prominent peers the Felda Group, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) and Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd.
GHope: Subsidy can make biodiesel attractive
1/5/06 (The Star) - AS a biodiesel player with the highest number of confirmed biodiesel plants in Malaysia, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd no doubt wants to see a speedier implementation of the Biodiesel Act.
China's investment fells forests in Borneo
29/4/06 JAKARTA, (UPI) -- China is planning $7 billion in investments in Indonesia that will bring jobs and modern amenities, but at significant environmental cost.
Tradewinds Plantation to invest RM100m in Indonesia
26/4/06 (Sabah Daily Express) - Tradewinds Plantation Bhd plans to invest about RM100 million to acquire some 20,000ha of oil palm plantation in Indonesia to boost its presence there, its managing director Radzuan A Rahman said.
