Archived News

09/06/2011 (Reuters) - China, the world's No.2 vegetable oil buyer, has suspended regular rapeseed oil auctions and lifted a seven-month price cap on retail vegetable oil prices, industry sources told Reuters on this week.

09/06/2011 (Chicago Business) - Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. is putting its first U.S. biorefinery in Mississippi.

09/06/2011 (ISRIA) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has cautioned citizens of Sinoe County to desist from unpatriotic and non-nationalistic behavior aimed at undermining investment in the county, and to instead cooperate with companies who brave the storms to go there and invest, so that development can take place in the area.

09/06/2011 (Palm Oil HQ) - Crude palm oil futures on Malaysia’s derivatives exchange extended declines Wednesday as investors made bearish bets ahead of key production and stock data due at the end of the week.

08/06/2011 (Business Recorder) - A bearish target has been established at 3,234 ringgit per tonne for Malaysian palm oil as a double-top pattern was confirmed.

08/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped to the lowest level in more than two weeks, tracking declines in soybeans as farmers in the U.S. accelerated oilseed planting after the weather improved.

08/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - Demand for vegetable oils and fats in the European Union will drop for the first time in 22 years as usage for biodiesel slides, researcher Oil World said.

08/06/2011 (ASEAN Automotive News) Seems that the datasheet listing the properties of petroleum diesel and B5 biodiesel from last week’s launch of the B5 biodiesel programme in Putrajaya wasn’t quite up to date. With regards to certain aspects, specifically that of the sulphur content, Paul noticed the numbers didn’t quite add up, so having asked around, we’ve managed some answers.

08/06/2011 (Commodity Online) - Crude palm oil fell on Tuesday on the back of profit booking and on tracking weak global cues.

08/06/2011 (Natural Products Insider) - Tocotrienol science and market potential will be the focus of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) second International Conference on “Tocotrienols and Chronic Diseases" from July 13 to 14 at Wynn Resort, Las Vegas. Product manufacturers who attend can hear experts from around the world who have spent years studying palm tocotrienol/tocopherol complex.

08/06/2011 (Daily Express) - The two Acts on renewable and sustainable energy, which have been passed by Parliament to boost development in both aspects, will only be implemented in the peninsula and Sabah, but not Sarawak.

08/06/2011 (Investor Chronicle) - Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) shares have been on a rollercoaster ride since they joined Aim in February last year, but since the year-end the company made it first sales and has plans to rapidly expand its plantations in 2011.