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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
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.
GHope plans biodiesel plants in China, South Korea
28/7/06 (NSTP) - SHANGHAI: Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) plans to set up palm oil-based biodiesel plants, one each in China and South Korea, to ride on both the countries' initiatives to reduce dependency on expensive fossil fuels.
UTM chemical plant to boost production capacity
25/7/06 (NSTP) - UNIVERSITI Teknologi Malaysia's (UTM) RM4.5 million expansion of its chemical engineering pilot plant (CEPP) in Skudai, Johor, will see its production capacity go up by 10 times by March 2007.
China mulls building palm oil-based biodiesel plant
25/7/06 (NSTP) - BEIJING: China, which is Malaysia's top palm oil buyer, is mulling building its first-ever palm oil-based biodiesel plant to reduce its dependency on expensive fossil fuel.
Palm users wary of Malaysia, Indonesia moves
24/7/06 (Reuters) - A move by Malaysia and Indonesia to pledge a big chunk of their palm output for biodiesel may not immediately send prices out of control but it has rung alarm bells that the once humble oil will become too expensive for both food and fuel production.
Musharraf inaugurates palm oil refinery
26/7/06 (AP) KARACHI - President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday inaugurated the $14 million MAPAK Edible Oil Refinery set up under a joint venture between Westbury Group of Company, Pakistan and FELDA of Malaysia palm oil refinery in Karachi.
