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19/11/2025 (UkrAgroConsult) - Rising soybean and soybean oil prices in Chicago, as well as a slight speculative rise in crude oil prices, have halted the decline in palm oil prices, but markets remain under pressure from increasing supply and falling demand.

19/11/2025 (Business Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil giants, long-blamed for razing rainforests, fuelling toxic haze and driving orangutans to the brink of extinction, are recasting themselves as unlikely champions in a different, potentially greener race: the quest to lure the world’s artificial intelligence (AI) data centres to the South-east Asian country.

18/11/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Palm oil's growth in Indonesia, Latin America and Africa reflects an unstoppable global momentum driven by necessity, efficiency and sustainability, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

18/11/2025 (Jakarta Globe), Jakarta - Palm oil prices in Malaysia inched up on Tuesday, with the benchmark contract rising 0.19 percent to 4,159 ringgit (MYR) per tonne. The modest gain follows weeks of volatility, with prices still down 7.86 percent over the past month and 15.5 percent lower than a year earlier, according to CFD market data.

19/11/2025 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - Palm oil, if produced sustainably, can be a key solution to feeding a growing global population without expanding agricultural land, SD Guthrie group managing director Helmy Othman Basha said.

18/11/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher on Tuesday, tracking stronger soybean oil performance on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said a trader.

18/11/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia prioritises higher palm oil yields alongside sustainable production and will not interfere with Indonesia’s measures concerning land tied to oil palm plantations.

18/11/2025 (Business times, Singapore), Kuala Lumpur - The arrival of the monsoon season has raised concerns about potential disruptions to Malaysian palm oil production over the next two months, but weather patterns have not impacted harvesting, one of the world’s largest palm oil producers SD Guthrie said on Tuesday (Nov 18).

18/11/2025 (The Edge Market), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is well positioned to leverage newly concluded trade agreements to promote its Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification because sustainability standards are increasingly shaping global market access, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

18/11/2025 (Ukr Agro Consult) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Monday for a third straight session on a softer ringgit and bullish forecasts from leading industry analysts.

18/11/2025 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will soon introduce red palm oil (RPO) into school meals and child-focused food assistance programmes under a nationwide effort to tackle under-nutrition among vulnerable children, says Plantation and Commodities Minis­ter Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

17/11/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - The Malaysian palm oil industry has long practised zero waste principles by turning agricultural waste into useful resources, which also prevents carbon emissions from decomposition of waste.