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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
Malaysia's Danish "palm oil king" Bek-Nielsen dies
24/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's "palm oil king", Danishentrepreneur Borge Bek-Nielsen, has died at the age of 79 after spending alifetime nurturing one of Malaysia's key industries, relatives said.
One in Ten Supermarket Products Linked to Orang-ut
23 /09/05 (FEA) - UK company demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil found inone in ten products on supermarket shelves, is driving the orang-utantowards extinction, new research reveals. The `Oil for Ape Scandal',published today by Friends of the Earth and the world's leading orang-utanconservation groups, concludes that without urgent intervention the palmoil trade could cause the extinction of Asia's only great ape within 12years [1].
Palm oil demand driving orangutans to extinction:
25/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Demand for palm oil, which is widely used inprocessed foods, is driving the orangutan towards extinction by speedingthe destruction of their forest habitat, Friends of the Earth said.
Popularity of palm oil threatens orangutans
Scientists fear the great apes' habitat could be gone by 2010 as Asianforests are cleared to grow the product.
Vegoil prices likely to turn bullish on bio-diesel
25/09/05 Mumbai (Business Line) - WITH bio-diesel fuelling demand,vegetable oil prices are seen heading higher during the next 12 months,according to trade experts.
Bigger loans for Felda settlers
21/09/05 BENTONG = The Government will raise its loan to Felda settlersinvolved in schemes to RM75 from RM50 per acre (0.4ha) from Oct 1,announced Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Biotech Devt Shouldn't Be At Expense Of Public Saf
20/09/05 SAN FRANCISCO, (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri AbdullahAhmad Badawi says that biotechnology development should not come at theexpense of public safety or the environment.
Carotech emerges as Bursa’s first biodiesel stock
21/09/05 (The Star) - Mesdaq counter Carotech Bhd's shares were activelytraded as its price rose seven sen, or 15.4%, to 52.5 sen yesterday onexpectations it will gain from a major expansion of capacity to producepalm oil-based biodiesel.
Demand Strong For CPO As Clean Energy: Indonesia's
21/09/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - Demand for crude palm oil (CPO) in somecountries had increased to 2 million tons each year because the commodityhad been used as alternative energy -- biodiesel and biofuel -- which arefriendly to the environment, Derom Bangun, general chairman of theIndonesian Palm Oil Businessmen's Association (GAPKI) said here onTuesday.
