Archived News
09-06-2010
The trade politics behind your cooking oil
08/06/2010 (eco-business.com) - FROM cooking oil to soap, palm oil plays a ubiquitous role in the average Singaporean’s daily life.
09-06-2010
China Investors Get Invite To Invest In Downstream Industries In POIC
08/06/2010 (Bernama) - Malaysia is inviting investors from China to explore downstream investments in Lahad Datu Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC Lahad Datu) in Sabah, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.
09-06-2010
Barito Pacific invests Rp 800b for palm oil
08/06/2010 (The Jakarta Post), Jakarta - PT Barito Pacific is expanding its newly-established palm oil business by investing a total of Rp 800 billion (US$86.4 million) in plantations and building two factories.
09-06-2010
E.U. to Announce Tighter Controls on Biofuels
07/06/2010 (The New York Times), Brussels — The European Commission will seek to salvage its beleaguered biofuels policy on Thursday by announcing a quality-certification process for biodiesel and ethanol and clarifying limits on fuels from sensitive areas like forests and partly drained peat lands.
08-06-2010
New strategy to boost palm oil production
07/06/2010 (Joy Online) - A new global strategy that could raise the nation’s competitiveness in palm oil production is being developed by experts from the World Bank Group and International Finance Corporation (IFC).
08-06-2010
Palm Oil Growers Have Until January to Shape Up
07/06/2010 (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesian palm oil growers must comply by January with a environmental certification system being launched by the government, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.
08-06-2010
IFC investments in Ghana $533m
07/06/2010 (Joy Online) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) says its investments in Ghana alone presently stand at $533 million.
08-06-2010
Palm Oil Posts Biggest Drop in Eight Days as Crude Oil Declines
07/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil futures posted the biggest drop in eight days as crude oil extended a slump, hurting the viability of biodiesel.
07-06-2010
Pakistan’s Crude Palm Oil Imports May Double After Duty Cut
07/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Pakistan, the world’s third-biggest importer of palm oil, may double its purchases of crude product after the government reduced an import duty in its federal budget announcement on June 5.
07-06-2010
Palm fruit oil is the richest source of tocotrienols, the other half of the vitamin E equation
07/06/2010 (Natural News) - Many people are already aware of the fact that vitamin E helps to rid the body of free radicals and protect it from cancer, cardiovascular disease, heart disease and other serious illness. However there are two forms of vitamin E that each serve a unique purpose: tocopherols and tocotrienols. While tocopherols are the most common form of vitamin E available on the market, tocotrienols are just now beginning to emerge in the Western world as a superior addition to the vitamin E family, particularly in the form of palm fruit oil where they are most richly found.
07-06-2010
NPA rebels attack palm-oil plantation, destroy equipment
06/06/2010 (Business Mirror) - NEW People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas raided a palm-oil plantation in Sultan Kudarat over the weekend and razed farm equipment, the military said.
07-06-2010
8 more Sime units get the RSPO cert
05/06/2010 (Daily Express), Kuala Lumpur - Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd has recently received certifications for another eight of its Strategic Operating Units (SOUs) from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), bringing the total number of certified SOUs to 13 to date.