Archived News
07-07-2010
Palm oil companies \'face consolidation wave\'
06/07/2010 (Agrimoney.com) - Palm oil groups may be set for a new wave of consolidation, as a squeeze on plantation land forces them to buy operators to maintain expansion, a sector boss and former Credit Suisse banker has said.
07-07-2010
Palm Oil Gains for First Time in Four Days on Crude Oil Rally
06/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil gained for the first time in four days after crude oil reversed losses, increasing the appeal of the tropical commodity for use in bio-diesel.
07-07-2010
Pulping the Planet: just like palm oil, paper threatens Indonesia\'s rainforests too
06/07/2010 (Greenpeace) - Even though we've had huge success in turning companies like Unilever, Nestlé and Kraft off palm oil produced by Sinar Mas, that only represents one part of the jigsaw and Sinar Mas is still chewing its way through Indonesia's rainforests.
07-07-2010
Effluent discharge: 18 Sabah oil mills comply
06/07/2010 (Daily Express), Kota Kinabalu - Some 18 palm oil mills in Sabah have thus far complied with the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) level of palm oil mill effluent discharge of 20milligramme per litre.
07-07-2010
Greenpeace names, shames companies over Indonesia paper
06/07/2010(AFP), Jakarta - Greenpeace on Tuesday accused foreign firms like Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco of contributing to forest destruction and species loss in Indonesia by buying from paper and palm oil giant Sinar Mas.
07-07-2010
Palm oil giant trumps Chinese to buy Chelsea sugar refinery
06/07/2010 (The National Business Review) - Singapore’s large commodity trading company Wilmar International has trumped China’s Bright Food Group and bought CSR’s planned Sucrogen spin-off, which includes majority control of the Chelsea sugar refinery in Auckland.
07-07-2010
CSR buyer linked to palm oil destruction
06/07/2010 (The Sydney Morning Herald) - ANOTHER renowned Australian brand, the sugar business of CSR, was snapped up yesterday amid concerns its operations will now fund an offshore owner inextricably linked to an industry known for cutting down rainforests.
07-07-2010
Palm Oil Futures Decline for Third Day on China Growth Concerns
05/07/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped for a third day to the lowest in almost eight months as China's car sales growth slowed, adding to signs the economy of the biggest edible oil consumer is cooling.
30-06-2010
Malaysian Palm Oil Exports Rise in June, Led by China
30/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s palm oil exports rose 1.5 percent in June, with China, the largest user of edible oils, accounting for the biggest share, independent cargo surveyor Intertek said.
30-06-2010
Greener palm oil arrives in the United States
29/06/2010 (Mongabay.com) - The first shipment of palm oil certified under sustainability criteria have arrived in the United States, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
30-06-2010
DOE issues roadmap for algal biofuels development
30/06/2010 (Bioenergy News) - A new roadmap has been released by the Department of Energy, plotting the way forward for the development of algal biofuels in the US.
30-06-2010
TSH Biotech\'s process aimed at doubling palm oil output
30/06/2010 (Daily Express), Tawau - Oil palm ramets produced through the tissue culture process by TSH Biotech Sdn Bhd can double palm oil production from five metric tonnes per hectare currently to 10 metric tonnes as targeted by the government.