Archived News

08/07/2009 (Mongabay.com) - Consumer apathy towards eco-certified palm oil have undermined efforts to improve the environmental performance of the industry, a top industry official told Reuters.

06/07/2009 (Reuters), New Delhi - The budget left import duty on edible oils unchanged on Monday, disappointing local industry that had been rooting for at least a small increase.

06/07/2009 (The star Online) - HARN Len Corp Bhd (HLCB) will invest RM40mil in its new palm oil mill located in the Masranti Estate in Samarahan, Sarawak.

06/07/2009 (The Island Online) - Out going Chairman Coconut Growers Association Parakrama Jayatilleke said at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week, that the recent decease to strike the industry, Asseria mite, and ‘Weligama wilt’, have devastated vast tracts of coconut plantations. Resesarch to counter these deceases have as yet not surfaced. This was the sad plight of the coconut industry Jayatilleke said.

04/07/2009 (The Star Online) - PALM oil is palm oil, right? As it is a commodity, should it matter who produces it or where it comes from? Is there such a thing as branding for a commodity? If you ask the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), the answers would probably be “Not necessarily”, “Yes” and “Yes”.

03/07/2009 (Reuters) - India may impose a nominal tax on crude palm oil imports and marginally raise the levy on refined oils, top industry analyst Dorab Mistry said.

03/07/2009 (Bernama) - The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) with the cooperation of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) have successfully ventured into ruminant food production using oil palm fronds.

03/07/2009 (Business Times) - PALM oil futures fell in Malaysia, set for a weekly drop, as buyers hold off purchases on speculation supply will rise this quarter, damping prices.

03/07/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The average cost of production (COP) among local oil palm companies in the first half of 2009 looked stable at RM1,100 to RM1,200 per tonne for efficient planters while new and smaller planters surpassed RM1,900 a tonne.

03/07/2009 (The International News), Thatta - Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal on Thursday performed the ground breaking and foundation stone laying ceremony of the first palm oil mill in Pakistan.

01/07/2009 (AllAfrica.Com) - The Sustainable Tree Crop Program (STCP) of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has distributed 33, 000 pre-germinated high-yielding oil palm seedlings imported from Cameroon amongst 150 oil palm farmers in Bong County.

07/07/2009 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has approved applications for a total of RM41.974 million by smallholders for replantation exercise involving 6,995ha, MPOB director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid said.