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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Supply tightening boosts value for Malaysian palm oil
CBIP’s 1HFY12 Results Supported By Engineering Division, Says Analyst
22/08/2012 (Borneo Post) - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd’s (CBIP) results for the first half of financial year 2012 ending December (1HFY12) have come within consensus estimates, making up 57 to 60 per cent of FY12 forecasts.
Palm Oil Futures Jump, Tracks Soybean Oil
22/08/2012 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures for third month delivery rose to a high of RM3,056 on Wednesday, tracking gains in soybean oil, the highest since July 17.
Roundtable Initiatives: What Are They And What’s Next?
22/08/2012 (CSR Asia) - In the realm of sustainability initiatives, a plethora of certification systems for different commodities has developed in the last 20 years. Business leaders and civil society have created “Roundtables†on a range of such commodities including forestry products, fish, palm oil, and coca. A new initiative – the Sustainable Rice PlatformDuPont Crop Protection, the Kellogg Company, Mars Food Europe, Nestlé, and Syngenta. (SRP)– has recently kicked off with the support of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) here in Asia, after being initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Founding corporate members include:
Making Concessions in Liberia - Agriculture
21/08/2012 (The Africa Report) - Palm oil, rubber and timber are the keys to creating tens of thousands of low-skilled jobs in Liberia, but investors and the government are still looking for ways to maximise profits, minimise abuses and increase benefits to local communities.
Low Commodity Prices Hit Pacific Economies
21/08/2012 (Radio Australia) - Lower commodity prices are taking their toll on the Pacific, with export growth down sharply in many economies, according to the ANZ Bank.
Locals \'Take Over Site\' To Grow Palms
21/08/2012 (The Nation) - People have destroyed and occupied over 10,000 rai of protected peat bogs in Phatthalung, which have been burning for a month, to clear land for a large oil palm plantation, the state environmental watchdog said yesterday.
Orangutan Conservation Experts Meet at The Oregon Zoo
21/08/2012 (OregonLive.com) - Some of the world's top experts in orangutans and conservation of the primates' habitats are meeting at the Oregon Zoo this week for a Species Survival Plan workshop.
Masidi Urges Plantation Owners To Fulfill Promises
21/08/2012 (Borneo Post) - Oil palm plantation owners in Kinabatangan have been urged to fulfill their promises to ensure that river pollution problems caused by factory discharge are solved immediately.
Malaysia\'s IOI Group Makes Palm Oil Processing Plans in Xiamen
20/08/2012 (What's on Xiamen) - IOI Group, the second largest palm oil producer and one of top 3 developers in Malaysia by market capitalization, made palm oil processing plans in Xiamen on Aug 14.
