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Middle East conflict boosts demand for alternative fuels
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
CPO Futures Close Lower Amid Weaker Crude Oil, Soybean Oil Prices
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
UPDATE 1-France allows Total's La Mede refinery to partly run on palm oil
France allowed a limited use of palm oil at Total's new La Mede biofuel refinery on Wednesday, a move that prompted an outcry from French farmers who said most of the palm oil would be imported.
Import of Vegetable Oils up by 2.5% during oil year November 2017-April 2018
Import of vegetable oils during April 2018 is reported at 1,386,466 tons compared to 1,339,489 tons in April 2017 and 1,146,051 tons in previous month (March '18) consisting 1,368,616 tons of edible oils and 17,850 tons of non-edible oils i.e. up by 3.5%, as compiled by The Solvent Extractors' Association of India. The overall import of vegetable oils during November 2017 to April 2018 is reported at 7,318,295 tons compared to 7,138,265 tons i.e. Up by 2.5%.
Weak currency will further curb Indian palm oil imports-industry
India's edible oil imports for the year to October 2018 may be nearly flat on 2017 as a weaker rupee adds to the impact of a tax hike on the country's most imported edible oil, a Mumbai-based trade body said, revising down earlier forecasts.
Palm oil extends gains on weaker ringgit
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday evening for a second straight session of gains, supported by a weaker ringgit and slight strength in CBOT soyoil futures.
APC signs new agreement to partner Ho West District Assembly in palm oil processing
Palm Oil processing and extraction giants Africa Palm Corporation (APC),in a bid to broaden the frontiers in its operations, has signed a new partnership agreement with the Ho West District Assembly to process and extract Palm oil from Palm fruits on a large scale for mass market consumption.
Sarawak Plantation starts FY18 in the red
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Sarawak Plantation Bhd posted a net loss of RM1.74 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018 (1QFY18), impacted by weak performance at its oil palm operations besides a fair value change of biological assets.
Typo derails landmark ruling against Indonesian palm oil firm guilty of burning peatland
A district court in Indonesia has shielded an oil palm company from a Supreme Court ruling ordering it to pay $26.5 million in fines for burning peatlands in a high-biodiversity area, citing a typo in the original prosecution. The verdict has stunned activists, who had hoped that the original guilty verdict would set a strong precedent for the judicial fight against environmental crimes.
Malaysia's May 1-15 palm oil exports down 14.9% on-month — AmSpec Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for May 1-15 fell 14.9% to 539,084 tonnes, from 633,530 tonnes in the corresponding period in April, inspection company AmSpec Agri Malaysia said on Tuesday.
Liberia: River Cess Community Rejecting Oil Palm Plantation
KahnKaye Chiefdom, River Cess County – Esther Beegbon, 58, has just completed a three-hour walk to Don Town from Bannie Town, where she and other residents of Kahnkaye Chiefdom in Nyorwein District selected new chiefs to lead a rejection of Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) from expanding its plantation on their land. Not tired at all, Beegbon celebrates with other residents in dances and choruses.
