Archived News
12-07-2010
India\'s June vegoil imports seen down 18 pct y/y
12/07/2010 (International Business Times) - India's vegetable oil imports in June probably fell 18 percent from a year ago, as farmers and traders sold oilseed reserves ahead of the summer planting season, pushing down domestic prices.
12-07-2010
Crude palm oil rises on spot demand
12/07/2010 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil price rose by Rs four to Rs 368 in futures trade today, as speculators indulged in creating fresh positions on expectations of a rise in demand in the spot market.
12-07-2010
Australian grocers join palm oil talks
12/07/2010 (Australian Network News) - The World Wildlife Fund has welcomed news that Australia's peak grocery industry body has signed up to a roundtable conference on sustainable palm oil.
12-07-2010
Plan to Save Indonesia\'s Forests Hits Snags
12/07/2010 (The Wall Street Journal), Indonesia - A widely hailed new project to restrict forest-clearing in Indonesia over the next two years is turning out to be more complicated than expected and could leave large areas of the country unprotected, as environmentalists and industry groups fight over terms of the deal before it takes effect in January.
12-07-2010
Oil Palm is a potential foreign exchange earner - BOPP
11/07/2010, (GNA), Takoradi - Ghana's oil palm sub-sector can generate substantial foreign exchange earnings if greater attention just like cocoa, was accorded to the sector, Mr Samuel Avaala, Estate Manager, Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has said.
12-07-2010
Vegoils: Fundamentals point to bearish phase
11/07/2010 (Business Line), Chennai - Last week, crude palm oil futures (July contracts) fell below the crucial support of 2,330 Malaysian ringgits (MYR) or $730 a tonne on Bursa Malaysia or the Malaysian Derivatives Exchange.
12-07-2010
Waste not palm oil
11/07/2010 (The Star Online) - WHO would have thought that such disparate items as organic toothpaste, environmentally-friendly tissue paper, fish food and a heavy metal filtering system could come out of palm oil waste products?
12-07-2010
Malaysian Palm Oil Shipments Continue To Rise In July
10/07/2010 (IIFL) - The upward bias in the Malaysian Palm oil exports extended in the current month with the country's palm shipments during the July 1-10 period estimated up 9% on month at 474,928 metric tons, according to the independent cargo surveyor Intertek Agri Services.
12-07-2010
Edible oils gain on firm demand, global cues
10/07/2010 (PTI) - Prices of select edible oils continued to rise for the second straight week at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market on increased buying by vanaspati millers and retailers amid firming global trend.
12-07-2010
Firm builds habitat links for wildlife
10/07/2010 (The Borneo Post), Kota Kinabalu - Wildlife footprints were recently spotted on soil covered culvert crossings that were built by an oil palm plantation at Kinabatangan, an ecologically sensitive area.Malbumi Group of Companies constructed nine concrete culvert crossings to connect drains and rivers within Lot 1 of the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary to enable wildlife to cross from one side of the sanctuary to another.
12-07-2010
Sainsbury\'s to plant two million trees
10/07/2010 (Edie Newsroom) - A supermarket chain is to plant two million trees over the next five years as part of new environmental drive.
12-07-2010
Stop Importation Of Palm Oil, Forum Counsels FG
11/07/2010 (Daily Independent) - National financial secretary and Treasurer of Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON), Friday Okhomon Omokaro, has called on the Federal Government to stop the importation of vegetable and palm oil into the country.