Archived News
11-12-2012
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Up On Slower Stocks Growth, Higher Exports
11/12/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched up on Monday as slower-than-expected growth in stocks last month and firm export demand in the first ten days of December lifted sentiment.
11-12-2012
Cooking Oil Imports by India to Drop on Reserves, New Crop
11/12/2012 (Bloomberg) - Cooking oil imports by India, the world’s second-largest user, probably declined for the first time in four months after record purchases in October boosted inventories and domestic supplies from the new crop increased.
11-12-2012
Growing Political Support For Unmask Palm Oil Campaign
11/12/2012 (Voxy) - The Unmask Palm Oil campaign is welcoming the support of the Green Party for mandatory palm oil labelling. The Green Party, long-time supporters of palm oil labelling, join New Zealand First in supporting the ‘Unmask Palm Oil’ campaign for mandatory labelling of palm oil in New Zealand
11-12-2012
Ivory Coast Palm Oil Bonanza Planned
11/12/2012 (Express.co.uk) - A west african palm oil plantation developer is looking to raise £4.6million when it joins Aim next year.
11-12-2012
Sensient Colors Develops New Range of Palm Oil-Free Natural Colors
11/12/2012 (FoodNavigator-USA.com) - Sensient Colors has developed a new range of natural colors that do not contain any palm oil-based products or emulsifiers.
11-12-2012
2013 To Be A Challenging Year, Says Body
11/12/2012 (Borneo Post) - The oil palm industry in Sarawak cringes at the thought of the fast approaching 2013 for it will be a year filled with a myriad of hurdles.
11-12-2012
PEROA Organises Two-Day Seminar on Trade
11/12/2012 (Daily Times) - Pakistan Edible Oil Refiners Association (PEROA) in collaboration with Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association Limited (FOSFA) is organising a two-day seminar on PEORA-FOSFA Trade commencing from December 11, 2012. Pakistan is the third largest importer of palm oil and other soft oils. In addition to Pakistan imports one million tonne of oil seeds annually. All these contracts are governed by FOSFA terms and conditions.
11-12-2012
Palm Oil Prices Rise, Despite Record Malay Stocks
11/12/2012 (Agrimoney.com) - Palm oil inventories in Malaysia rose to a record high - but not one quite as elevated as investors had expected, allowing prices of the vegetable oil to tick higher, and make a stab at closing their large discount to soyoil.
11-12-2012
Oil Palm Planters Demand Government Intervention To Shore Up Falling Price
11/12/2012 (Pattaya Mail) - Oil palm growers from Thailand’s southern provinces plan to submit their demands for government intervention in Bangkok Wednesday to help farmers facing falling palm nut prices.
11-12-2012
Sabah Palm Oil Industry At Crossroad
11/12/2012 (Borneo Post) - The state government’s failure to develop the downstream industry at the Lahad Datu’s Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) coupled with falling demand and prices has placed the Sabah palm oil industry at a crossroad.
10-12-2012
Environmental Hangover From Indonesia’s Palm Oil Thirst
10/12/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - The roar of chainsaws has replaced birdsong, the once-lush, green jungle scorched to a barren grey. The equivalent of six football pitches of forest is lost every minute in Indonesia.
10-12-2012
Kubota’s Biogas Plant Design More Efficient, Saves Land Space
10/12/2012 (Borneo Post) - Kubota Corporation’s (Kubota) Anaerobic and Aerobic Membrane Bioreactor System will spur more efficient biogas production and better utilisation of land in the state via its design which significantly reduces the size of ponds used to collect palm oil mill effluent (POME).