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Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
CPO FUTURES CLOSE LOWER ONSTRONGER RINGGIT, CONCERNS OVERWEAK DEMAND
Palm oil ends lower after MPOB’s data release
As biofuels boom, will more go hungry?
7/3/07 LONDON (Reuters) - Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuel goldrush could be a moneyspinner for several poor countries, but some experts warn people may go hungry as food prices rise.
Which makes more sense: Ethanol or biodiesel?
7/3/07 LAS VEGAS--Ethanol, says Michele Rubino, a managing consultant at Navigant Consulting.
Technique could yield materials to replace petrochemicals and more nutritious edible oils
5/3/07 (SeedQuest) Upton, New York - Using genetic manipulation to modify the activity of a plant enzyme, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have converted an unsaturated oil in the seeds of a temperate plant to the more saturated kind usually found in tropical plants. The research will be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the week of March 5, 2007.
Biofuels: An advisable strategy?
7/3/07 (EurekAlert) - Biofuels have been an increasingly hot topic on the discussion table in the last few years. In 2003 the European Union introduced a Directive suggesting that Member states should increase the share of biofuels in the energy used for transport to 2% by 2005 and 5.75% by 2010.
Tejari turns focus on palm oil mills
9/3/07 (The Star) - PENANG: Tejari Technologies Bhd, scheduled for Mesdaq listing today, plans to market its hydraulic systems to palm oil producers.
South American soy hit palm oil prices
7/3/07 (Reed Business) Netherlands - Palm oil futures in Malaysia fell on speculation that record soybean crops in South America may boost soybean oil output and reduce demand for competing palm oil.
Palm oil looks for new high on India, US demand
7/3/07 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Palm oil prices are holding on to last year's strong gains, despite a global flight from risky assets, and when industry analysts gather in Malaysia next week they are likely to say that the rally is far from over.
TSH Resources gets 'buy' recommendation
9/3/07 (Business Times) - KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell has revised upward its earnings estimate for plantation company TSH Resources Bhd for the next three years by 33 per cent, factoring in contribution from an associate company and increase in palm bio-integration earnings.
Battle lines drawn in House over palm oil
6/3/07 (Daily World Writer ) OLYMPIA- Coastal Caucus legislators are scrambling to remove a last-minute amendment that would prevent biodiesel companies like Imperium Renewables from using the most popular kinds of palm oil.
