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MPOB: Malaysia urged to diversify palm oil markets amid US tariffs
Palm Oil demand from China and India expected to rise as prices become competitive, says MPOC
CPO Futures End Lower On Strong Output, Rising Stock Concerns
Palm oil stocks expected to climb 15pct in May on increased output
TH to invest RM188.75m
04/10/05 (The Malay Mail) - TABUNG Haji (TH) plans to invest as much asRM188.75 million in oil palm plantations in Western Mindanao, ThePhilippines, sources said yesterday.
Thailand's Jan-Aug Import Data For Major Ag Commod
04/10/05 BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--The following table shows Thailand's importsof soybeans, soymeal, pulp and palm oil in January-to-August, comparedwith the same period last year.
Biofuel Cuts Reliance on Petroleum
2/10/95 (Business Times) - THE Government's strong push for development ofbiodiesel will produce two immediate benefits - reducing dependence onfossil fuel and stabilising palm oil prices.
Vitamin E From Palm Oil May Prevent Stroke, Says O
30/9/2005 (Business Times) - Malaysia's palm oil has received a boost fromthe medical world with a recent discovery that palm tocotrienol (vitaminE), which is a palm oil extract, may help prevent stroke.
Agriculture Sector To Grow By 5.0 Pct In 2006
30/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- The agriculture sector is expected togrow at a higher rate of five percent in 2006, contributed by higherproduction of palm oil and rubber and increase in food production, saysthe Treasury in its 2005/2006 Economic Report released Friday.
BIOX’s big plans
2/10/05 (The Edge Daily) - Europe’s largest and fastest-growing supplierof biofuel BIOX Group BV is coming to Malaysia with big plans, includingsourcing up to 300,000 tonnes of biomass consisting of palm oil and palmoil by-products annually by the beginning of 2007.
Felcra Identifying Technology To Raise Palm Oil Pe
1/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR,(Bernama) -- Felcra Bhd is in the process ofidentifying biodiesel technology, which can be used to determine palm oilpercentage in diesel, says its chairman Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin.
Iban Community Launches Smallholder Oil Palm Schem
29/09/05 KUCHING, (Bernama) -- The Iban community in Aping, Pantu, SriAman Division, about 120 kilometres from Kuching, has launched asmallholder oil palm scheme as a community-based effort on their nativecustomary rights (NCR) land.
Malaysia's Palm-based Biodiesel Vs Soybean Diesel
30/09/05 NEW YORK, (Bernama) -- Even as Malaysia debates over theincreased use of palm-oil based biodiesel as an alternative toconventional fossil fuel in the future -- biodiesel was a key themediscussed at the recent International Palm Oil Congress 2005 in PetalingJaya -- the use of agriculture-derived renewable sources of energy isproceeding apace in other parts of the world.
