Archived News

03/06/2008 (The News, International), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures inched higher on Monday as investors hesitated between betting on the overnight strength in US soy oil markets and selling on slower export demand.

03/06/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Although fund managers are upbeat about the commodities sector, there are concerns that the “investment bubble” is about to burst as commodity prices continue to surge, led by crude oil.

02/06/2008 (WHNT) - The recycling center in the city of Florence is busy. Workers have their hands full with bottles, plastic cartons, paper, cardboard, and aluminum cans. Now, there is a new addition - cooking oil.

02/06/2008 (Reuters, Africa), Rome - The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a report prepared for this week's food summit said.

02/06/2008 (CNN) - It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.

02/06/2008 (Thaindian News), London - A report in New Scientist has determined that tropical forests in Indonesia and Malaysia are being axed in favour of palm oil.

02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - MOST oil palm plantation companies in Malaysia have successfully locked in crude palm oil (CPO) prices at above RM3,000 per tonne under their forward sales policy this year.

02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - HUGE investment funds are driving up prices of commodities, said US Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recently.

02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - CONCERNS by economists and analysts that rising costs, coupled with the new political scenario, might severely impact many of the local listed companies’ performance appear unsubstantiated, going by their first quarter results.

01/06/2008 (Global Politician) - Kuala Lumpur has been hard put these days on account of scarcity in essential commodities, particularly rice. As a result, Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favor of bartering palm oil for rice.

01/06/2008 (Scoop Independent News, New Zealand) - Jeff Bradley, a staff writer with Deforestation Watch, has been writing about current affairs for fifteen years. Deforestation Watch was established to drive sustainability mainstream. Striving to be a center of green news, solutions and all things green, we also help corporations looking for green guidance.

31/05/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Bulls are running amok in Indian oilseed and corn futures in anticipation of a ban by the government soon. Since Indian contracts are rising at a time when the world market is cooling off, policies to control inflation may be actually stoking the fire in domestic oils and grain futures.