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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
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
India plans to go soft on Asean trade talks
31/7/06 (TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ ) - NEW DELHI: In an effort to put the derailed free trade agreement talks with the Asean back on track, India is considering a gradual reduction in import duties on palm oil for Asean members with the rider that duty cuts should take place after a five-year period.
Msia Remains Committed To Sustainable Forest Management
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysia remains committed to ensuring sustainable forest management and is not a party to illegal logging in the region.
EcoFirst mulls biotech to help turnaround
31/7/06 (The Edge Daily) - Loss-making EcoFirst Consolidated Bhd hopes to turn around in the next two to three years with plans to venture into biotechnology and to expand its plantation land in India.
Health experts want trans fat levels on food labels
28/706 LONDON (Reuters) - Food labels should list the amount of trans fat along with cholesterol and saturated fat so consumers can make healthier choices to reduce their risk of heart disease, British public health experts said on Friday.
Golden Hope forms joint venture in China
28/7/06 (The Star) SHANGHAI: Golden Hope Plantations Bhd has formed a joint venture in China to set up a plant to produce a palm-oleochemical product used for making detergent.
Vital to purge oil palm disease
27/7/06 (The Star) - I agree with Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui that there is currently no effective measure to eliminate the cancer-like oil palm disease known as Ganoderma Basal Stem Rot (BSR), which is causing serious losses to the oil palm industry.
Palm oil yields stagnated for many years now
27/7/06 (The Star) - ARE we ready to capitalise on the expected increase in palm oil prices? The answer is a sad "no" simply because our palm oil yields had stagnated for so many years.
Higher Malaysian palm oil exports forecast
27/7/06 (NSTP) - MALAYSIA'S palm oil exports can reach RM29 billion this year, about 2 per cent higher than last year's figure, helped by high demand for crude palm oil (CPO).
Biodiesel can be traded on derivatives market
26/7/06 (NSTP) - BEIJING: Palm oil-based biodiesel futures could become the latest derivatives product on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd and companies which own and operate biodiesel plants could also seek to list their shares on the Mesdaq market.
