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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
World Bank\'s Palm Oil Policy Slammed
30/06/2010 (Bernama) - US-BASED public policy research institute, the Heritage Foundation, has chided the World Bank for its plans to revise its strategy for future development assistance in the palm oil sector.
Steadier Demand Lifts Palm Futures Prices
29/06/2010 (Business Times) - CRUDE palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher yesterday on steadier demand, dealers said.
Process to Double Palm Oil Output
29/06/2010 (Business Times) - OIL PALM ramets produced through the tissue culture process by TSH Biotech Sdn Bhd can double palm oil production from five metric tonnes per hectare currently to 10 metric tonnes as targeted by the government.
Collaboration in Palm Oil R&D Needed
29/06/2010 (Bernama) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has been urged to actively seek more collaboration with the private sector in ensuring the success of its research programmes as well as more effective commercialisation of promising research findings.
Palm oil exports reach RM19b in first 4 months of 2010
29/06/2010 (The Malaysian Insider), Sandakan - Palm oil exports rose 21 per cent to RM19 billion in the first four months of this year against exports of RM15 billion registered in the corresponding period last year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin.
An effective public campaign (on palm oil)
29/06/2010 (Oxfamblogs.org) - You know you’ve had an impact when the Economist devotes three pages to your campaign, so hats off to Greenpeace and the other organizations featured in this week’s spread on palm oil. Here are some excerpts:
Palm Oil Advances on High Crude Prices, Indonesian Exports
28/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced as much as 1.1 percent on the prospect that high crude oil prices may lift demand for bio-diesel and as sales from Indonesia grew for the first time in five months, led by Chinese orders.
Palm Oil Exports Hit RM19 Billion in January - April
26/06/2010 (Business Times) - Palm oil exports rose 21 per cent to RM19 billion in the first four months of this year against exports of RM15 billion registered in the corresponding period last year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin.
No wonder they fear palm oil!
25/06/2010 (Palm Hungger.org) - The Economist, in an article entitled “The campaign against palm oil†published on 24th June 2010, carries on a detailed analysis of the reasons for the anti-palm oil campaigns of green groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (FOE).
