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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil under near-term pressure as rising stocks outweigh El Niño fears
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
Biodiesel Driving Demand For Vegoils To Historic Levels
7/8/06 CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Increasing global appetite for biodiesel and other biofuels is driving demand for vegetable oils to historic levels in world markets, leading to higher prices for vegetable oils relative to meals and causing soybean crushers to reevaluate their business models, according to a new study by Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research group released Monday.
Only about 4,000 acres
3/7/06 (daily Express News) - THE Rural Development Ministry has been directed to explain the present status of the oil palm plantation earmarked for the hardcore poor eradication programme (PPRT) project to assist local villagers in Tongod near Sandakan six years ago.
Malaysia to host international conference on biodiesel
7/8/06 (The Edge Daily) - An international conference on biodiesel will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 22-23, which will be participated by leading international biodiesel experts.
Chubu Electric Initiates Palm Biomass Power Plant in Malaysia
2/8/06 Tokyo, JCN) - Chubu Electric Power has announced plans to build two biomass power plants in the eastern province of Sabah, Malaysia.
Indonesia Earmarks 6 Million Hectares for Biofuel Development
4/8/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Indonesia has earmarked 6 million hectares for development of its biofuel industry, part of plans to reduce its dependence on crude oil and susceptibility to price fluctuations, its energy minister said Friday.
Palm oil supply to upcountry halts
3/8/06 KARACHI (Business Rocorder): Palm oil supply to upcountry refineries has halted completely for the last 5/6 days and the edible oil producers of the country are in a fix as two big contractors associations which supply imported palm oil from Karachi port to upcountry destinations are locked horns with each other, sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
Major UK Supermarkets Sign Up to Take Action on Palm Oil
2/8/06 (Friend of The Earth) - The supermarket chain Morrisons today (Wednesday 2 August) announced it will join international efforts to tackle the problems caused by palm oil, following a campaign to highlight the threat to orang-utans posed by the crop.
Oil palm mats for Beijing Olympics
1/8/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Eco-friendly mats developed from discarded oil palm bunches will be used at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
PPB Oil looks at Indon biodiesel
31/7/06 (The Star) - PPB Oil Palms Bhd plans to venture into downstream biodiesel production in Indonesia to cater to its extensive oil palm plantation operations in that country.
