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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
LIPSA Progressing with Sustainable Palm Oil Delivery
14/04/2010 (Food Ingredient First) - Lipidos Santiga (Lipsa) has noted that it obtained the certification to supply sustainable palm and palm kernel oils in the categories of Segregation and Mass Balance as per the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) criteria on December 8, 2009.
Biofuel Power Stations Take Heat for Burning Palm Oil for Electricity
13/04/2010 (Environmental Leader) - Environmentalists are criticizing Chelveston Renewable Energy in the UK for planning to burn tropical palm oil to generate electricity, reports Times Online. The renewable energy company recently received permission to build a bio-oil power station on a former RAF bomber base.
High time for mechanised oil palm harvesting
13/04/2010 (The Star Online) - MUCH hope has been placed on increasing the mechanisation of palm fruit harvesting techniques and reducing foreign labour in the country’s robust oil palm industry.
Fall in March palm oil stocks not surprising
13/04/2010 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The decline in palm oil stocks in March does not come as a surprise as it is approaching the typically “low stock season†from April to May.
Palm oil plant gets go ahead
12/04/2010 (China Post) - An energy firm in the UK has been given the thumbs up to go ahead with a new electricity power plant which will be run on palm oil, it has been reported.
Palm oil: environmental curse or a blessing?
12/04/2010 (Gulf Times), Indonesia - It is blamed for everything from deforestation to threatening the extinction of the orangutan, but palm oil is a vital source of income for many developing countries, the crop’s producers say.
FMCG firms to gain from surge of rupee
12/04/2010 (Times Of India), Mumbai - The strengthening of Indian rupee against the dollar could bring some cheer to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies which are challenged by fading benefits of lower raw material costs.
India May Pass China as Top Vegetable Oil Importer, Cofco Says
11/04/2010 (Bloomberg) - India may overtake China as the world’s top importer of vegetable oil, and growth in the two nations’ consumption will drive global demand for palm and soybean oil, according to Cofco Ltd., China’s biggest grain trader.
Scourge of the rainforests
11/04/2010 (Times Online, UK) - The renewable-energy industry faces new controversy after a Northamptonshire firm became the latest to win planning permission to burn tropical palm oil to make electricity.
