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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Cut down oil palm on river banks, plantations warned
15/7/07 (NSTP) - KINABATANGAN: Stop planting oil palm trees on river banks or risk getting your licence revoked by the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities.
MPOC Aims At Increasing Palm Oil Exports To Sub-Saharan Africa
14/7/07 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) is planning to increase the export of local palm oil into the sub-saharan region via activities such as the Malaysia-South Africa Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar 2007 (POTS).
MPOB explains the palm oil cess
14/7/07 (The Edge News) - Kota Kinabalu: The palm oil cess imposed by the Federal Government on palm oil plantations nationwide is meant to subsidise the cost of producing 60,000 tonnes of cooking oil (palm olein) a month.
Palm oil firms burning Indonesian forests: Greenpeace
12/7/07 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Palm oil companies are burning peat forests to clear land for plantations in Indonesia's Riau province, despite government pledges to end forest fires, environment group Greenpeace said on Thursday.
Genome Technology Will Boost Oil Palm Yield, Says Scientist
11/7/07 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Malaysia may be only six to seven years away from oil palm capable of producing seven to eight tonnes of palm oil per hectare annually with the help of genome technology.
'Green' Palm Oil? The Body Shop Steps Up
13/7/07 (Brandweek.com) NEW YORK -- The Body Shop International became the first cosmetics and toiletries retailer to introduce "sustainable palm oil" into the global beauty industry with its initial launch of soaps in May.
High palm oil prices squeeze Indonesia biodiesel mix
11/7/07 (Reuters) JAKARTA - Indonesian state-owned oil firm Pertamina has cut the biodiesel blend in diesel fuel to 2.5 percent as rising palm oil prices and lack of incentives have reduced margins, an official at a biofuel group said on Tuesday.
Biofuels: The Malaysian story
11/7/07 (Business Times) - MARCEL Silvius comes across initially as a loud non-governmental organisation (NGO) official from Wetlands International, all out to push his First World "startling findings on Malaysian bad agricultural practices".
Malaysia To Hold Palm Oil Trade Fair And Seminar In Africa
9/7/07 DUBAI,(Bernama) -- Recognising the growing importance of markets in the African continent, with its huge population of 720 million, Malaysia is taking the initiative to hold the first Malaysia-Africa Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar (MA-POTS) in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 15 to 17.
