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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
P&G bets on palm oil to cut reliance on crude
4/10/05 New York (FT.com) - Procter & Gamble is turning to palm oil andcoconut plantations in Asia as an alternative ingredient to make its Tidelaundry detergent and Head & Shoulders shampoos, as the world’s largestconsumer goods company makes a strategic bet on the future cost of crudeoil.
Taipei County, Taiwan Starts Trial Biodiesel Progr
10/4/2005 (China Post) - With oil prices rising worldwide, Taiwan isjumping on the global bandwagon of experimenting with biofuel as a sourceof energy as an alternative to the petroleum-based gasoline and diesel.
TH to invest RM188.75m
04/10/05 (The Malay Mail) - TABUNG Haji (TH) plans to invest as much asRM188.75 million in oil palm plantations in Western Mindanao, ThePhilippines, sources said yesterday.
Thailand's Jan-Aug Import Data For Major Ag Commod
04/10/05 BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--The following table shows Thailand's importsof soybeans, soymeal, pulp and palm oil in January-to-August, comparedwith the same period last year.
Biofuel Cuts Reliance on Petroleum
2/10/95 (Business Times) - THE Government's strong push for development ofbiodiesel will produce two immediate benefits - reducing dependence onfossil fuel and stabilising palm oil prices.
Vitamin E From Palm Oil May Prevent Stroke, Says O
30/9/2005 (Business Times) - Malaysia's palm oil has received a boost fromthe medical world with a recent discovery that palm tocotrienol (vitaminE), which is a palm oil extract, may help prevent stroke.
Agriculture Sector To Grow By 5.0 Pct In 2006
30/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- The agriculture sector is expected togrow at a higher rate of five percent in 2006, contributed by higherproduction of palm oil and rubber and increase in food production, saysthe Treasury in its 2005/2006 Economic Report released Friday.
BIOX’s big plans
2/10/05 (The Edge Daily) - Europe’s largest and fastest-growing supplierof biofuel BIOX Group BV is coming to Malaysia with big plans, includingsourcing up to 300,000 tonnes of biomass consisting of palm oil and palmoil by-products annually by the beginning of 2007.
Felcra Identifying Technology To Raise Palm Oil Pe
1/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR,(Bernama) -- Felcra Bhd is in the process ofidentifying biodiesel technology, which can be used to determine palm oilpercentage in diesel, says its chairman Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin.
