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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
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
Shipping Activity at Port Qasim
19/10/2011 (APP): Three ships scheduled to load/offload cement, phosphoric acid and furnace oil were berthed at Multi Purpose Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Monday, October 17.Meanwhile two more ships carrying containers and palm oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.Berth occupancy remained at 54% for 2nd consecutive at the Port where a total of eight ships namely M.V Opal-II, M.V Sargodha, M.V Amira Dino, M.V Silver Star, M.V Lord Byron, M.T SC Belhai, M.T Bum Young and M.T Sea Sky are currently occupying berths to load/offload cement, rice, sunflower seeds, palm oil, chemicals and furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours.
Michelmores Advise on $20m African Investment
19/10/2011 (Insider Media) - Solicitors from the Exeter and London offices of Michelmores LLP have played a lead legal role in a $20m (£12.68m) investment in Goldtree, a palm oil plantation and milling project in Sierra Leone.
KLCI Falls 1.89%as Asian Equities Retreat
19/10/2011 (The Edge Malaysia) - External factors, including a slowdown in China’s quarterly gross domestic product growth as well as the German finance minister’s caution against hopes for a quick fix to Europe's debt problem, dragged Asian markets deeper into the red on Tuesday, Oct 18.
How Social Media is Changing the Nature of Green Campaigns
19/10/2011 (Forbes) - I was researching the role of sustainability in business a while back, looking for instances that show that corporate social responsibility goes well beyond philanthropy, when I came across the Nestle incident from early 2010. Nestle was forced to confront the fact that its use of palm oil was linked to deforestation in Indonesia. This revelation was prompted by a massive online protest led by Greenpeace. At first glance, this was a campaign led by a green activist organization and a clear example of how the world expects businesses to stay in line with their impact on the environment. But as I thought more about this incident, I realized that there are deeper insights to be gathered here.
Palm Oil to Fall To 2,776 Ringgit/T
19/10/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil is expected to fall to 2,776 ringgit per tonne, as a long-term downtrend has resumed after a rebound from the Oct. 6 low of 2,754 ringgit.
Select Edible Oils Fall on Sluggish Demand, Global Cues
19/10/2011 (MSN) - Select edible oil prices fell up to Rs 50 per quintal on the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today owing to slackness in demand at prevailing levels amid weakening global trend.
Urgent Need for Govt to Help Hard-pressed Palm Oil Players
18/10/2011 (The Star) - Since early this year, there have been many SOS calls seeking the Government to address the adverse impact of Indonesia's palm oil export duty structure on export competitiveness of local palm oil downstream industries.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Off 3-week High on Larger Soy Crop, Economy
18/10/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended down 1.3 percent on Monday, falling sharply from an earlier three-week high after comments from the German finance minister and also on expectations of a larger U.S. soybean crop for crushing into edible oil.
SE Asia Stocks-At Multi-week Highs on Euro Debt Hopes
18/10/2011 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Monday amid hopes that euro zone policy makers will come up with a plan to solve the region\'s debt woes, with resource shares rising with commodity prices and lower interest rates lifting Indonesian developers.
