Archived News

09/05/2012 (Food Ingredient First) - Unilever has published a report on the progress it is making towards meeting its Unilever Sustainable Living Plan targets. The company published its plan in November 2010, and broke new ground by committing to take responsibility for the company’s impacts right across the value chain, from the sourcing of raw materials all the way through to the consumer’s use of the products to cook, clean and wash.

09/05/2012 (allvoices) - An international fact finding mission composed of peasant movements and land reform advocactes from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia had asked Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to pull out an ambitious palm oil plantation project in Mindanao.

09/05/2012 (Biofuels Digest) - In Europe, biodiesel plants are turning to animal fats and waste oils in an attempt to stay viable in a market where poor canola crop forecasts mean canola prices have skyrocketed, eating into biodiesel margins.

09/05/2012 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices are marginally up by Rs 4.50 to Rs 618.80 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions amid hopes of a pick-up in demand in spot markets.

08/05/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on last-minute buying on Monday, reversing losses from an 8-week low as election results in Greece and France threatened to undermine austerity measures aimed at preventing the euro zone debt crisis from spreading.

08/05/2012 (Channel News Asia) - Crude palm oil prices look set to climb higher in the near term, driven by strong demand for the commodity.

08/05/2012 (The Star) - Last week, Dorab Mistry, an international palm oil industry analyst renowned for his bullish CPO price forecasts, made a different kind of prediction - that Malaysia will only introduce its new palm oil tax policy after the safe execution of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd\'s (FGVH) estimated US$3bil initial public offering (IPO) by the end of June.

08/05/2012 (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) - A looming decision that threatens to derail Europe's biofuels industry could reverberate all the way to Asia.

08/05/2011 (Tempo Interactive) - Palm oil processing company Citra Borneo Indah (CBI) has invested Rp100 billion to build two new oil palm processing factories. The new factories are expected to boost production capacity.

08/05/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Malaysia, the second-biggest palm oil producer, may announce a plan “in the near future” to compete with top supplier Indonesia which reformed its export taxes to boost its refining industry, the Malaysia Palm Oil Board said.

07/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm-oil production in Malaysia, the second-biggest supplier after Indonesia, probably gained the most in seven months in April, after recovering from seasonally low-output months, according to a Bloomberg survey.

07/05/2012 (The Star) - The recycled biomass industry is one that is growing at an ever-steady pace throughout the world. In Malaysia, awareness of using recycled biomass products to be more eco-friendly is on the rise.