Archived News

18/12/2009 (The Borneo Post Online), Kuala Lumpur - The crude palm oil (CPO) industry enjoyed a good year in terms of prices and is poised to remain buoyant at least until the first-half of next year.

16/12/2009 (PRWEB) - The Sustainable Oil Palm plantation conference, which meets in Jakarta on 21-22 Jan 2010, will provide a window of opportunity for the Oil Palm industry to seek clarity on managing a sustainable oil palm business.

15/12/2009 (Accounting Crash Course) - Members of the Malaysian Estate Owners Association (MEOA), who are losing money, said they will not pay any windfall taxes until legality of Windfall Profit Levy Act 1998 on palm oil is justified.

15/12/2009 (Proactive Investors.co.uk) - Asian Plantations Limited (AIM: PALM), which recently listed in London after successfully raising approximately £5.26 million, said it had entered into an agreement to acquire a 5,850 acre palm oil plantation in Sarawak, Malaysia for a total consideration of £12.4 million.

15/12/2009 (Bernama) - The Bangladeshi government is keen to procure palm oil from Malaysia using its state-owned trading arm to ensure consistent edible oil supply and price stability prevails in the domestic market.

14/12/2009 (Gurumia.com) - Malaysia is rising attempts to overturn the decline pattern in exports of palm oil to Bangladesh, which has dropped drastically this year compared to 2008.

14/12/2009 (Scand Asia.com) - In anticipation of a new report (“Collateral Damage: How the Bogus Campaign Against Palm Oil Harms the Poor”) scheduled for release at the UN climate change negotiations this week, Alan Oxley -- Chairman of the pro-development NGO World Growth and observer at the Copenhagen conference -- released the following statement:

12/12/2009 (Bernama), Dhaka - Malaysia is ramping up efforts to reverse the decline pattern in exports of palm oil to Bangladesh, which has dropped significantly this year compared to 2008.

12/12/2009 (Reuters), London - Unilever, the world’s largest user of palm oil, has suspended purchases of edible oil from Indonesian group Sinar Mas on concerns over rainforest destruction.

11/12/2009 (Reuters) - Consumer goods company Unilever, the world's largest user of palm oil, has suspended purchases of edible oil from Indonesian group Sinar Mas on concerns over rain forest destruction.

11/12/2009 (CNN World) - As we drive through central Sumatra, what looks like a scene from some apocalyptic movie where an unknown force has obliterated all life on earth unfolds before us.

11/12/2009 (Times Online) - A company that produces many of Britain’s best-known household brands has been exposed as contributing to the destruction of rainforests by buying thousands of tonnes of illegal palm oil.