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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
Palm oil puts squeeze on endangered orangutans
29/507 (REUTERS) - Bound hand and foot, dishevelled orangutans caught raiding Borneo's oil palm crops silently await their fate as a small crowd of plantation workers gather to watch.
Indonesia, Malaysia to join hands against anti-palm oil campaign
28/5/07 (Xinhua) - Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to coordinate in efforts against an anti-palm oil campaign in the United States and Europe, Indonesian Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said in Jakarta Monday.
Labor Problems Haunt Palm Oil Agreement 28/5/07 (homynews
28/5/07 (ohmynews) - Indonesia and Malaysia, two of the world's largest palm oil producers, reaffirmed plans to set aside a combined 12 million metric tons of palm oil a year for biodiesel production on Friday despite criticism of the industry from the West and a recent surge in palm oil prices that could threaten biodiesel projects.
Cheaper cooking oil sought
29/5/07 (The Jakarta Post) - JAKARTA: The government, in cooperation with cooking oil producers, has stepped up market operations to press down cooking oil prices to a range of 6,500-Rp 6,800 per kilogram in Jakarta and its surrounding towns amid the steady hike in the prices of crude palm oil.
NAFED lines up big plans to import edible oil
29/5/07 (PTI) New Delhi, : The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has decided to actively trade in imported edible oils after failing to procure sufficient quantity of mustard seeds from domestic market due to high price.
KL, Jakarta team up to repel anti-palm oil moves
26/5/07 (NSTP) - MALAYSIA and Indonesia, the world's top two largest palm oil producers, have teamed up to combat palm oil smear campaigns being launched against them in the West.
Palm oil up on soy oil, exports
25/5/07 (The News) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian crude palm futures closed 2.2 percent higher on Friday, hitting a fresh near-nine-year high on a spike in rival soy oil and firm exports.
Indofood Agri buys oil palm firm for 1.05 billion dollars
27/5/07 SINGAPORE (AFP) - Indofood Agri Resources will buy Indonesian oil palm plantation firm London Sumatra for 1.59 billion Singapore dollars (1.05 billion US), the Singapore-listed firm said.
Crisis looms as world palm oil prices hit new high
26/5/07 (Business Recorder) KARACHI: A serious edible oil crisis is looming over the country as the world palm oil prices breached 850 dollar on Friday trading, setting a new world's all time high record. Senior trader said that the international palm oil prices registered an upsurge of 13 dollars per ton during an intra-day trade.
