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CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm Oil Output Surge In Oct, CPO Price Could Hit RM4500 In Dec: MPOC
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
M\'sian CPO firms in Padang unaffected by earthquake
06/10/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The earthquake that hit Padang, west Sumatra will not have a big impact on Malaysian companies as Padang is not a “hot spot†for Malaysian palm oil producers.
Interview: Indonesia should speed up efforts to fix infrastructures after quake
05/10/2009 (Xinhua Net), Padang - The Indonesian government has to speed up efforts to fix infrastructures at three provinces in Sumatra Island that was damaged by a 7.6 Richter scale-earthquake on Wednesday to revive local economy that has national impact, economists told Xinhua on Monday.
Palm oil may average RM2,380 in 2010
05/10/2009 (Business Times) - Palm oil may be higher next year than previously forecast as stockpiles decline and the dollar weakens, lifting demand, Ben Santoso, a plantation analyst at DBS Vickers Securities (Singapore) Pte Ldt, said in a report.
No oil palm development near orang utan habitats
04/10/2009 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - The Sabah government is determined to ensure the continued existence of its iconic orang utans by enforcing land laws that do not allow clearing of forests along riparian reserves for planting crops such as oil palm.
Palm oil industry pledges wildlife corridors to save orangutans
03/10/2009 (Mongabay.com) - In an unlikely—and perhaps tenuous—alliance, conservationists and the palm oil industry met this week to draw up plans to save Asia's last great ape, the orangutan. As if to underscore the colloquium's importance, delegates on arriving in the Malaysian State of Sabah found the capital covered in a thick and strange fog caused by the burning of rainforests and peat lands in neighboring Kalimantan.
Earthquakes rattle economy far and wide
03/10/2009 (Jakarta Post) - Amid the grief over the loss of more than 1,000 lives, the West Sumatra and Jambi earthquakes will mean enormous medium-term material losses with repercussions going beyond the borders of both provinces.
45,500 has eyed for palm oil industry
02/10/2009 (Manila Bulletin), Butuan City - Palm oil industry stakeholders are eyeing some 45,500 hectares of land in the Caraga Region to increase their production in the next five years, it was learned Friday.
Gov’t to recruit oil palm officers
02/10/2009 (Solomon Star) - THE Government says it will recruit four project managers as part of its commitment to boost oil palm plantations in the country.
Anti-palm oil lobby baseless
01/10/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Palm oil, which accounts for 60% of the global vegetable oil trade, has come under fire from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. The non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are pressuring processors and consumers to boycott the oil and European Union (EU) governments to block its import based on the contention that palm oil damages the environment.
