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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Indonesia, Malaysia weigh joint marketing
10/3/07 (The Jakarta Post,) - Indonesia and Malaysia are considering teaming up to market their main export commodities, crude palm oil (CPO) and rubber, through the establishment of a joint commodities bourse.
Indonesia's biofuel drive not fully thought through
6/3/07 ( The Jakarta Post) - While the developed countries tend to throw money at problems, Indonesians like to throw vast tracts of land at a problem, even when easier solutions exist. About a decade ago, the then rulers committed a million hectares of land to overcome the shortage of rice; which still continues to be imported.
Finance Ministry eyes incentives to support biofuel development
9/3/07 (The Jakarta Post) - The Finance Ministry is preparing a package of incentives to support the government's ambitious program to produce 200,000 barrels of biofuel a day by 2010, a senior official says.
Brazil Soy Industry Prepares for Biodiesel War with Argentina
Mar 23, 2007(Dow Jones) - SAO PAULO and BUENOS AIRES - Brazil's major soyoil producers are preparing for a fight against Argentina over the biodiesel market, hoping Brasilia can convince Buenos Aires that Argentine tax policies are bad for Brazil's biodiesel program.
Scientists Look at How to Make the U.S. Less Energy-Dependent
23/3/07 (soyatech.com) Orlando -Scientists and researchers are grappling for more breakthroughs before ethanol, biodiesel and other fuels of the future are produced in large enough quantities at prices low enough to revolutionize the country's energy independence, specialists in the field said Thursday in Orlando.
Palm Oil Little Changed After Rising on Alternative Fuel Demand
21/3/07 (Bloomberg) -- Palm oil futures were little changed after rising in the previous two sessions on concern higher demand for vegetable oils for fuel use is cutting into supplies.
Pure Biofuels Announces Plans for Land Lease of 60 Thousand Hectares for Palm Oil Cultivation
21/3/07 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pure Biofuels (OTCBB:PBOF - News) today announced its plans to lease 60,000 hectares near the city of Pucallpa in central Peru for the cultivation of Palm Oil to provide feedstock for its Callao Port biodiesel production facility on the coast near Lima.
Strong RM, export slump to affect palm oil
23/3/07 (Insider Asia) - Palm oil statistics released over the past week show continued weakness in export demand, as high prices deter buyers. With crude oil prices back below US$60 (RM208.16) per barrel and the ringgit surging to a new 9.5-year high of RM3.464 per USD, we expect palm oil prices to come under pressure with its competitiveness being eroded further.
Lahad Datu Seen As 'Rotterdam Of The East'
22/3/07 KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) -- A Netherlands team is here to help develop Lahad Datu into "the Rotterdam of the East," becoming the gateway for the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).
