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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
Govt to provide incentives to boost palm oil industry
02/12/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Radjasa promised Wednesday that the government would provide incentives to boost the development of the palm oil industry into the downstream level, to provide more employment.
Liberia: Govt Secures Huge Investment in Palm Oil Production
01/12/2009 (allAfrica.com), Monrovia — The Liberian government has announced that it is in the final stages of securing a U.S. $1.6 billion Indonesian investment in palm oil production which is expected to create 35,000 jobs.
Indonesian Environment Groups Say REDD Project Misses Point
01/12/2009 (Jakarta Globe) - Environmental nongovernmental organizations released a report on Monday accusing Australia of using a bilateral forestry project in Kalimantan to avoid reducing emissions at home while ignoring the welfare of indigenous peoples here.
Green Concerns or Trade Barriers?
01/12/2009 (Business Times) - At the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) conference last month, environment activist Wetlands International called for an address of "the alarming emissions from forest and peat swamp areas' conversion into oil palm plantations". The Netherlands-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) alleged that "the continuous emissions caused by drainage of carbon rich tropical peatsoil in Indonesia and Malaysia are enormous." At the end of the meeting, Wetlands lamented that its attempts to insert a Greenhouse Gas Emission criterion had been frustrated by members representing Indonesian and Malaysian oil palm planters.
Crude palm oil prices set to decline
30/11/2009 (The Times Of India), Mumbai - The negative impact notwithstanding, the debt crisis in Dubai may have one positive effect — easing cost pressures as commodity prices fall.
All Cosmos Invests RM200 Million in Medan, Vietnam
30/11/2009 (The Star Online), Pasir Gudang - All Cosmos Industries Sdn Bhd will invest RM200mil to set up two bio-organic fertiliser plants, in Medan, Indonesia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, in 2011.
Emery Geared for Profit Growth
30/11/2009 (Business Times) - Emery Oleochemicals Group, 50 per cent owned by Sime Darby Bhd, is geared for competition and profit growth after a year of internal restructuring and rebranding.
Sustainable palm oil? There’s no such thing.
30/11/2009 (Big Wide World) - Were you hoping that the cosmetics or other goods you bought that were RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified were from genuinely sustainable sources? Think again.
Malaysia\'s Sime Darby plans China expansion
30/11/2009 (Asia One News), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby said Monday it planned to invest up to two billion ringgit (812 million Singapore dollars) in China including in the plantations and motor sectors.
