Archived News
16-09-2008
Palm Oil: The most favoured edible oil in India
15/09/2008 (Commodity Online), Mumbai - Palm oil is the most favoured edible oil India imports, according to a new statistics released by the Solvent Extractors Association.
16-09-2008
Malaysia & Indonesia Stress On Measures To Ensure Sustainability Of Palm Oil
15/09/2008 (Bernama), London - Malaysia and Indonesia have spelt out the efforts undertaken by both countries to ensure the sustainable production and supply of palm oil.
16-09-2008
Malaysia Committed To Ensure Palm Oil Supply For Food Sector, Says Chin
15/09/2008 (Bernama), London - Malaysia will continue giving priority to the food sector while complementing the supply of raw materials for biofuel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said Monday.
15-09-2008
Malaysia Wants EU To Review Directives On Biofuel, Says Chin
15/09/2008 (Bernama), Brussels -- Malaysia wants the European Union (EU) to review its decision on renewable energy and fuel quality, especially on the use of palm oil for the production of biofuel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
15-09-2008
Decline in palm oil price hits importers
15/09/2008 (The Post), Delhi - Palm oil importers in India seem to be having a tough time. A sharp fall in the prices of palm oil in the international markets have forced many importers to either refrain from taking delivery or defer the delivery of contracted palm oil for a couple of months.
15-09-2008
Bracing for softening of crude palm oil price
14/09/2008 (Borneo Post Online) - IT is hardly surprising that the price of crude palm oil (CPO) price is expected to remain “soft†at US$700 or less per tonne within the next six months to Feb 2009.
15-09-2008
Group condemns palm oil importation
14/09/2008 (Sunday Tribune) - The Coalition Against Import Duty Fraud (CAIDF) has condemned the efforts of some influential personalties to frustrate the attempts of the federal government of Nigeria to protect palm oil producers in the country.
15-09-2008
MPOC Works To Expand Existing Palm Oil Markets
13/09/2008 (Bernama), Brussels - The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), is in the midst of expanding the existing markets, said its chief executive officer Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiron.
15-09-2008
Adani Group looking to buy palm oil plantations abroad
13/09/2008 (Moneycontrol.com) - After having gained sufficient strength in international trade, refining and marketing of edible oil in India, the Adani Group is now set for overseas acquisition as part of backward integration.
15-09-2008
CPO price likely at RM2,500 a tonne till year-end
13/09/2008 (Borneo Post Online), Brussels - Malaysia is confident crude palm oil price will remain at the current RM2,500 per tonne level until year-end, quashing concerns by certain quarters that the price will tumble following the slide in global oil price, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad said.
15-09-2008
MPOC Working Hard To Promote Malaysian Palm Oil In Europe
12/09/2008 (Bernama), Brussels - The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has been working hard for the past three years to promote palm oil in Europe, its chief executive officer Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiron said.
15-09-2008
Biodiesel exports set to grow
12/09/2008 (The Borneo Post) - MALAYSIA is on track to ship out 143,000 tonnes of biodiesel this year, 50 per cent more than last year as biodiesel producers reap fatter margins.