Archived News
03-09-2008
Edible oils falls as Malaysian palm oil drops
02/09/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - Wholesale prices of select edible oils on Tuesday declined in the national capital, taking cues from a weak Malaysian palm oil market.
03-09-2008
India\'s edible oil cos scouting for land abroad
02/09/2008 (Commodity Online), New Delhi – A consortium of 14 top vegetable oil companies are planning to lease or buy land in Paraguay, Uruguay and Myanmar to grow oils seeds and lentils as farmland available shrinks in India.
03-09-2008
Oil Palm Planters Enjoy Big Drop in Fertiliser Bill
02/09/2008 (Red Orbit) - OIL palm planters can expect their fertiliser bill to fall from today, following the government's decision to abolish import duty on the product.
03-09-2008
Oil palm for villagers
01/09/2008 (The Star Online), Kemaman - Some 50,000 oil palm trees will be disbursed fresh from nurseries to villagers in rural Terengganu to encourage the cultivation of these trees for supplementary income.
03-09-2008
Biodiesel & death of free markets
31/08/2008 (The Economic Times) - Let’s burn it." That's the surefire strategy proposed by market guru and Godrej International trader Dorab Mistry at a conference this week to the problem of how to keep palm oil at $1200/t.
03-09-2008
Sustainable palm oil
03/09/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - How can the Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Producers (Gapki) claim its member companies already comply with the Rountable On Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in their operations and yet reject a forest moratorium?
03-09-2008
FTA to curb India from hiking palm oil import duty
30/08/2008 (Commodity Online), New Delhi - The much-awaited free trade agreement of Asean nations is bound to affect import and export of several commodities in India.
03-09-2008
Implement RSPO, Oil Palm Planters And Producers Told
27/08/2008 (Bernama), Sandakan - Oil palm planters and producers in Sabah have been asked to implement the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification to ensure continued export market access for their products to the European market.
29-08-2008
Small oil cos set up refineries at ports to cut logistics costs
29/08/2008 (Economic Times), Mumbai - Nearly 33% decline in crude palm oil (CPO) prices over the past two months has prompted small and medium-sized edible oil companies to set up refineries at ports to cut down on the cost of logistics.
29-08-2008
India-Asean FTA irks Kerala
28/08/2008 (Business Standard) - The India-Asean free trade deal has left farmers in Kerala a worried lot. The state government too is flustered by the impending impact the agreement would have on the farming community here.
29-08-2008
Palm oil producers in Indonesia reject moratorium on forest destruction
28/08/2009 (Mongabay.com) - Palm oil companies operating in Indonesia have rejected a proposed moratorium on clearing forests and peatlands for oil palm plantations, reports the Jakarta Post.
29-08-2008
Brand wagon to help Malaysia sell palm oil
28/08/2008 (Commodity Online) - Malaysia is desperately trying to market its palm oil as a different entity in the world market with the European Union and other nations looking at south Asian oil with suspicion.