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CPO Futures End Higher On Firmer Oil Prices, Rival Vegetable Oil Futures
SGX-listed palm oil players under pressure as Indonesia’s commodity export overhaul stokes fears
Palm oil prices could reach US$1,500/tonne as B50 and El Niño tighten supply
Malaysia: Palm oil prices rise ahead of key May production report
Crude Palm Oil To Drop To MYR1,300/MT In 2005
Tuesday November 23, 11:38 AM KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Edible oil pricesare likely to fall in 2005, with Malaysian crude palm oil futures expectedto touch MYR1,300 a metric ton amid supply pressures from large globaloilseed crops, influential analyst Dorab E. Mistry said.
MPOB To Hold Biofuel Test-drive
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- In a move to create public awareness onthe need to use environment-friendly energy sources, the Malaysian PalmOil Board (MPOB) will hold a test drive using biofuel on Dec 5.
Risda Act 1972 Being Reviewed, Says Dr Awang Adek
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- The government is reviewing the rolesand objectives of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority(Risda) to increase smallholders' income under the rubber replantingscheme, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday.
Thailand to raise oil palm area six-fold for fuel
Nov 17 3:26 PM - Net oil importer Thailand plans to expand oil palmplantations six-fold by 2008 to use the oil to mix with diesel, reducingits import bill and boosting farmer incomes, Energy Minister PromminLertsuridej said yesterday.
USDA releases 2005 agricultural exports forecast-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture todayreleased its revised quarterly forecast of U.S. agricultural export salesfor fiscal year 2005. Sales are forecast to be $56 billion, down from therecord of $62.3 billion set in FY 2004. The drop in export sales is mostlydue to record U.S. crop production, which mean lower prices for grains,oilseeds and cotton, and increased foreign competition due to largersupplies all around the globe.
Vitamin E, the positive twist
Nov 23 7:11 AM., USA- Marketers of full complex vitamin E supplementscould turn the latest review on the vitamin to their advantage, despiteits dramatic conclusions widely reported in consumer press.
Argentina, China to discuss soy oil trade rules
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 19, 2004 (ODJ)-- Argentine trade officials will meetwith their Chinese counterparts in Beijing next month to discuss possiblechanges in the way China regulates soyoil imports, an Argentine officialfamiliar with the issue said Thursday.
Brazil, Argentina pump up biodiesel
11/15/2004 The Corn and Soybean Digest - As South American farmers beginplanting, both Brazil and Argentina plan to have laws in place to provideincentives for the production of biodiesel.
Brazil: A bioenergy superpower in the making
11/10/2004 (IPS News) RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rising oil prices and the upcomingimplementation of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases, following therecent ratification by Russia, are accelerating the process of turningBrazil into a world leader in "bio-energy".
