Archived News
16-07-2010
UK to Begin Mapping “Unsustainable†Palm Oil Industry
16/07/2010 (Food And Drink Digital) - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman, delivered the speech to the Global Business of Biodiversity Symposium entitled ‘Biodiversity and the bottom line’.
16-07-2010
Palm Oil Climbs to a Six-Week High on Export Demand From India
16/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil had the best winning run since February to reach a six-week high on speculation demand for the most-consumed vegetable oil will increase as India and other populous Asian nations approach the festival season.
16-07-2010
Congo says talking to China on land for palm oil
16/07/2010 (Reuters), Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo is studying a proposal to provide land to China to grow large amounts of palm for oil production in the vast central African country, a government minister told Reuters on Thursday.
16-07-2010
Palm Oil Extends Longest Rally Since February on Outlook for India Imports
16/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil had the best winning run since February to reach a six-week high on speculation demand for the most-consumed vegetable oil will increase as India and other populous Asian nations approach the festival season.
16-07-2010
Pakistan buys 20pc of Malaysian palm oil exports
16/07/2010 (The News International), Jakarta - Pakistan has bought nearly 20 percent of the palm oil exports ahead of Ramazan, traders said on Thursday.
16-07-2010
Moratorium may affect M’sian palm oil firms
16/07/2010 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The Indonesian Oil Producers Association (Gapki) expects Malaysian companies to be affected by the Indonesian government’s two-year moratorium on concessions plan to clear natural forests and peatland to reduce carbon emissions.
16-07-2010
China, Argentina Remain in Soy Talks, President Says
15/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - China, the world's biggest user of cooking oils, and Argentina remain in talks about China's embargo on imports of soybean oil from the South American nation, according to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
16-07-2010
Food Firms Slow on Green Palm Oil Pledge
15/07/2010 (Reuters) - More food makers should commit to only using palm oil that is certified as sustainable to help raise environmental standards in the industry, the head of palm oil processor Loders Croklaan Europe said on Wednesday.
15-07-2010
Vegetable Oil Imports by India Drop for a Sixth Month
14/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - Vegetable oil imports by India, the second-biggest user after China, dropped for a sixth month in June as rising domestic inventories deterred buyers.
15-07-2010
‘Oil Palm Is Potential Foreign Exchange Earner’
13/07/2010 (Peace FM Online) - Ghana's oil palm sub-sector can generate substantial foreign exchange earnings just like cocoa if greater attention is accorded to the sector, Samuel Avaala, Estate Manager, Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has said.
15-07-2010
Private sector tasked on mass production of palm oil
14/07/2010 (Vanguard), Benin - EXECUTIVE Director of the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, Dr. Dere Okiy, warned yesterday in Benin, that until the private sector engages in the mass production of palm oil, Nigeria will remain a net importer of the product.
14-07-2010
Investor eyes Auluta palm oil
14/07/2010 (Solomon Star) - The Auluta palm oil project on Malaita maybe inactive but the Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock is not swayed by the slowness in getting an investor put its money in the project.