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23-12-2011
Resisting Trade Protectionism WTO’s Top Priority
23/12/2011 (The Star) - TRADE Ministers from 153 World Trade Organisation (WTO) countries met in Geneva last week to discuss multilateral trade issues. But most will remember this as the year Russia concluded its 18-year marathon negotiations and joined the world organisation.
23-12-2011
Branded Edible Oil Prices up Due To Falling Rupee
23/12/2011 (Times of India) - Consumers will have to shell out more for branded edible oils which have become dearer by Rs 2 to Rs 4 per litre due to the depreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar. Edible oil makers have taken these price hikes in the last one or two weeks.
23-12-2011
Global Investors \'Prefer Nigeria To SA\'
23/12/2011 (BusinessLIVE) - Global private equity investors prefer to put their money into Nigeria rather than SA, as this country is currently seen as "over-invested".
22-12-2011
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Hits Nearly 2-Week High Ahead of Year-end
22/12/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to its highest in nearly two weeks on Wednesday on expectations of rising demand, firmer comparative oils and an improving euro zone debt outlook.
22-12-2011
Making Palm Oil Sustainable
22/12/2011 (New Straits Times) - The virtues of oil from olives, sunflower seeds, canola, soybean and corn are familiar to consumers in the West and the affluent countries of the Middle East and North Africa. That's not the case with palm oil, even in those large markets for the product.
22-12-2011
Controversy Abounds Over Orangutan Deaths
22/04/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Swiss biologists, veterans of an international program to protect orangutans in Sumatra and Kalimantan, deplored the deaths of several of the animals in Central Kalimantan.
22-12-2011
Soyaoil, Palm Oil Prices To Rise in 2012: Oil World
22/12/2011 (Business Recorder) - Soyaoil and palm prices are set to rise in the first half of 2012 because of flagging production and strong demand, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday.
22-12-2011
£95,000 Bill For Company After Witterings Oil Spill
22/12/2011 (Chichester Observer) - Polluting coastal beauty spots near Chichester has left a shipping firm facing a £95,000 bill.
22-12-2011
Decline in Malaysian Palm Oil Exports
22/12/2011 (India Infoline.com) - The exports of Malaysian palm oil products declined 10.5% to 924,811 tonnes in the first 20 days of December 2011 compared with the previous month.
22-12-2011
THAI To Begin Using Biofuel Thursday
22/12/2011 (Bangkok Post) - Thai Airways International will start using biofuels for commercial flights tomorrow, THAI chief executive officer Piyavasti Amranand said Wednesday.
22-12-2011
Edible Oils Gain on Improved Buying
22/12/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices extended gain except Palmolein which lost Re 1 for 10 kg on Wednesday.
22-12-2011
DD Plantations in Third J-V
22/12/2011 (The Star) - DD Plantations Sdn Bhd will invest about RM100mil in its third joint-venture oil palm plantation development with native customary rights (NCR) landowners.