Market News 
08.22.08
Lower CPO Prices Boost Malaysian Exports
Malaysia’s biodiesel exports are likely to rise to 143,000 mt from last year’s 9...
08.20.08
Asian Glycerin Prices Bottom Out
Glycerin prices in Asia had fallen by more than 50% after values hit a multi-yea...
08.19.08
Indonesia CPO Export Tax To Remain
Indonesia does not plan to change the current palm oil export tax system despite...
08.18.08
Contracts Cancelled As CPO Drops
Buyers from China and India have cancelled or renegotiated around nearly one mil...
08.15.08
Malaysian crude palm oil futures dropped 8.7% on Friday to an eleven month low a...
08.14.08
Biofuels Reduce Risk of Oil Price Spikes
According to a report by the UK’s Royal Institute of International Affairs, oil ...
08.13.08
The fall in the price of palm oil is due to a question of supply and demand, and...
08.12.08
EU Cereal Yields to Rise in 2008
Cereal yields in the European Union are expected to rise 16% this year compared ...
08.11.08
Brazil and US Sign Energy Agreement
Brazil and the US have signed an agreement to cooperate on electricity, oil and ...
08.08.08
BP To Invest $90 Million In Cellulosic Ethanol
UK energy company British Petroleum and US-based biofuels and enzyme developer V...
Japanese Firm Establishes $220 Million VC Fund
03.13.08
Japan’s Mizuho Capital Co, a venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Financial Group Inc, has set up a venture investment fund of $220 million--the largest ever for a Japanese banking group.
Mizuho Capital says the funds will be invested in Japanese companies with high growth potential, including firms doing businesses related to biofuels, environmental issues, nanotechnology, and information technology.
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