Archived News

02/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - PZ Cussons Plc Chief Executive Officer Alex Kanellis once spent six months tracking down and recovering a train load of soap lost in Nigerian bush country.

02/06/2011 (British Baker) - Sustainability in the palm oil industry is largely being driven by GreenPalm certificates – instead of physical sustainable palm oil, according to new figures from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

01/06/2011 (Bernama) - The Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) recorded RM3.23 billion worth of investments via private sector participation between January and April.

01/06/2011 (The Guardian) - The area of Guatemala given over to palm plantations to produce agrofuel increased by 146% between 2005 and 2010, according to estimates by the National Institute for Agrarian and Rural Studies in Guatemala City. This huge expansion has been largely unregulated.

01/06/2011 (Solomon Star) - The two national oil palm development projects in Auluta and Waisisi, Malaita province will start off as soon as formalities are ready this year.

01/06/2011 (Pattaya Mail) - The Ministry of Commerce is preparing to ask the National Palm Oil Policy Committee to cancel the subsidy for palm oil refineries as they are buying palm fruits at lower than the price ceiling.

01/06/2011 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices traded a shade higher by Re 1 to Rs 535 per 10 kg in futures trading today as speculators enlarged their positions on the back of a firming global trend.

01/06/2011 (Msn News) - Palmolein oil prices declined by Rs 20 per quintal in an otherwise steady wholesale oils and oilseeds market due to weak global trend.

01/06/2011 (FreshPlaza) - Agrocaribe is the first African palm oil producer in the world to be certified under the standards set by the Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) of the Rainforest Alliance Certification program. Thirty farms were certified in a record-setting, five month time period.

01/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - On a sweltering Sunday in April, more than 300 people pack a room above GC Curry House, a popular eatery on a tree-lined avenue in Kuantan on Malaysia’s east coast. They’re here to discuss the potential hazards of a rare- earth refinery Sydney-based Lynas Corp. is building about 25 kilometers away that will process radioactive ore into the exotic metals that go into tech gadgets, hybrid cars and weapon systems.

01/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - Ethiopia’s economic expansion may slow next fiscal year amid rising inflation, restrictions on private-bank lending and a “difficult” business environment, the International Monetary Fund said.

01/06/2011 (Reuters) - Representatives from 35 countries will seek ways to protect the world's largest rainforests during a week-long meeting in Congo Republic starting on Tuesday.