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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
German tax hits Europe's biggest biodiesel market
HAMBURG, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Germany's biodiesel industry, Europe's biggest, is seeing demand fall largely due to new taxes at the same time the European Union is encouraging biofuel use.
New composting product for plantations firms
2/2/07 (Busienss Times) - MALAYSIA'S plantations industry, which relies on imported chemicals, manure and agriculture waste as fertilisers, can now opt for a new revolutionary product developed locally.
Market-driven R&D focus of new MPOB chairman
3/2/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: New Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad will emphasise market-driven research and development (R&D) to ensure the sustainable growth of the industry.
Lampung on target to become major biofuel center
30/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Lampung is set to become a major national production center for biofuels during the next four years, an official says.
K20million palm oil processing plant to rise in WNB
2/2/07 (The National) - THE Merameng Palm Oil Group will build a K20 million plant to process palm oil in West New Britain.
Malaysian Palm Oil Board gets new chairman
31/1/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced the appointment of Datuk Sabri Ahmad as its new chairman effective from Jan 1.
Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare
25/1/07 (New York Times) AMSTERDAM- Just a few years ago, politicians and environmental groups in the Netherlands were thrilled by the early and rapid adoption of "sustainable energy," achieved in part by coaxing electrical plants to use biofuel - in particular, palm oil from Southeast Asia.
Felda To Become Global Leader In Production Of Oil Palm Seedling Clones
NILAI, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Felda will become the world's largest producer of oil palm seedling clones supplying three million seedling clones annually by 2010, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, here Tuesday.
Malaysia's Kulim To Build JV Plant To Make Palm Wax
1/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR, (Asia Pulse) - Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad (KLSE:2003) said its subsidiary, Natural Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd, is teaming up with Integrated Fortune Sdn Bhd for the production of palm wax.
