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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
Electrified fence a success
9/10/06 (Daily Express News) - Sandakan: A village has succeeded in protecting its oil palm crop and cemetery from damage by wild elephants by erecting an electrified fence.
A Dangerous Fat and Its Risky Alternatives
10/10/06 (New York Times) - Outlandish portions. Sky-high salt content. Employees who don't wash their hands. There are hazards aplenty at your favorite restaurant, but now health officials in New York and Chicago believe that they have cornered a real killer in the kitchen: the trans fats in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils used for frying and baking
Group pilots use of biofuels to expand mobile coverage
11/10/2006 (EE Times Europe) - LONDON - Ericssson has joined forces with the GSM Association and multinational telecommunications group MTN to promote the use of biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world.
CPO prices may fall further on cheaper oil
10/10/06 (NSTP) - CRUDE palm oil prices (CPO), which have weakened 6 per cent over the past three months, may soften further, dragged by depressed crude oil prices when compared with palm oil-based biodiesel.
Austrian Firm Begins Construction on Biodiesel Plant in China
10/10/06 NANJING (Xinhua) -- Austrian company Biolux on Tuesday started construction on a wholly-owned project to produce biological diesel oil in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
Tariff value on palm oil retained
3/10/06 (New Kerala) New Delhi, - The Government has retained the base price for levying import duty on palm oil to keep their prices under check.
Palm oil to fetch better prices
3/10/06 (The Star) - MUAR: Demand for bio-diesel fuel will boost palm oil prices, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Zambo Sibugay offers 113 hectares for oil palm plantation
3/10/06 (Sun Star) - ZAMBOANGA Sibugay is eyeing to become the center of oil palm industry in Zamboanga Peninsula having at least 113,000 hectares open for investors to develop oil palm plantations.
Amid trans-fat fears, companies turn to Dr. Fehr's beans
3/10/06 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) AMES, Iowa -- In his cramped lab at Iowa State University here, Walt Fehr developed a soybean whose oil could help eliminate one of the biggest problems facing the food industry today: trans fats blamed for everything from heart disease to hypertension to memory loss.
