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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
Biodiesel set to blossom
6/2/07 (FT.com) - Biodiesel could be "this year's ethanol" in the view of Leigh Goering, portfolio manager for the natural resources fund at Chilton Investment Company.
European blowback for Asian biofuels
7/2/07 (Asia Times) JAKARTA - New European concerns about the adverse environmental impact associated with Southeast Asian-produced biofuels threatens to scupper the rapidly growing multibillion-dollar industry, just as big new production facilities and cultivation areas come onstream.
Illegal logging threatens endangered orangutans: UN by Karen Calabria
6/2/07 NAIROBI (AFP) - Illegal logging by international companies could lead to a 98 percent loss of South East Asia's tropical rainforests by 2022, threatening the habitat of tens of thousands of endangered orangutans, the United Nations warned.
SAD to offset excise duty gain on refined edible oil
8/2/07 (Economic Times) - MUMBAI: Rebutting a media report that imposition of excise duty on refined edible oils will help the exchequer garner Rs 700 crore annually, a trade body has said any gains accruing to the government would be offset by special additional duty (SAD) adjusted against excise.
Government Studies Oil Palm Restriction Plan
31/1/07 (TEMPO Interactive) Jakarta: The government has asked that the plan to increase levies or export restrictions on crude palm oil (CPO) be observed comprehensively.
Palm Oil Producers Reject Limited Exports
30/1/07 (TEMPO Interactive) Jakarta: A number of oil palm producers have acknowledged being concerned over the plan for limiting crude palm oil (CPO) exports.
How Felda saves RM2.5m yearly
8/2/07 (Daily Express) - Lahad Datu: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) managed to save RM2.5 million annually by fully utilising discarded Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in its biomass power generator plant in Sahabat, here.
Massive biofuel program to go ahead despite int'l concerns
06/2/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - International criticism of Indonesia's massive biofuel development program will not affect the project, which is expected to turn the country into one of the biggest biofuel producers in the world, says an official.
China develops palm oil to biodiesel technology
2/2/07 Shanghai. (INTERFAX-CHINA) - China has developed technology to transform palm oil to biodiesel, according to state news agency Xinhua.
