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Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
Palm oil inventories to stay elevated next year
CPO Reference Price Falls 3.9 Percent in December 2025
A First for Sabah and Country to Set Up Wildlife Rescue Unit
24/05/2010 (The Star Online), Kota kinabalu - The Sabah Wildlife Department will be setting up a wildlife rescue unit.
EU Envoy : Malaysian CPO Exports Not Affected
24/05/2010 (Business Times) - THE sustainability criteria in the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED), due to come into force on December 5, will not affect Malaysia's palm oil exports to the region.
Sabah Sets Up Wildlife Rescue Unit
23/05/2010 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - The Sabah Wildlife Department has initiated the setting up of a Sabah Wildlife Rescue Unit which would be responsible for all wildlife rescue in the state.
Sri Lanka palm oil firm sees demand growing
21/05/2010 (Lankan Business Online) - A Sri Lankan business group with palm oil plantations in east Asia has said demand for the edible oil is likely to grow, driven mainly by China and India, with prices having stabilized at more realistic levels.
Malaysia to flood Nigeria with palm oil from Ghana
21/05/2010 (Ghana Web) - SUCCOUR has come the way of users of palm oil in Nigeria. Malaysia, the country, which took the oil palm seeds away from Nigeria several years ago, is planning to flood the market from its silos in Ghana.
UK: Planned palm oil power stations may impact Global South
21/05/2010 (Plant Talk.org) - Thanks to recent publicity many people are aware of the concerns of palm oil in foodstuffs, but surprisingly few are aware that it could be used to fuel power stations in the UK too. UK-based campaigner Zenith Milner tells us more.
Letter to The Editor: Sustainable Palm Oil Industry In Bringing Economic Growth
20/05/2010 (WWF) - Several oil palm producers in Malaysia and Indonesia are facing scrutiny by NGOs for alleged violations of the principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil set out by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), leading them to call for a rethink of this scheme in a decision that may challenge the RSPO and could hurt their economies in the long-run.
New palm oil contracts may struggle to survive
20/05/2010 (Comodities now.com) - Two new palm oil contracts launching in the United States and Indonesia may encounter difficulties similar to those experienced by benchmark Malaysian futures in growing liquidity. Success depends on whether planters from top palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as financial investors, see a justification in building up liquidity at a time of growing uncertainty in financial markets over the Eurozone debt crisis.
Online protest drives Nestlé to environmentally friendly palm oil
19/05/2010 (The Independent) - Nestlé, the world's biggest food manufacturer, says it will make the palm oil in its best-selling chocolate bars more eco-friendly, after a guerrilla campaign against it on the internet.
