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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
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
Fertiliser, vegetable oil price freeze
19/05/2009 (Bangkok Post) - The price of chemical fertilisers and vegetable oils will not rise during the current period, Department of Internal Trade director-general Yanyong Phuangrach said on Tuesday.
Plantation companies in conflict with villagers
19/05/2009 (The Jakarta Post), Jakarta - The palm oil industry has sparked controversy over environmental issues, as well as concerns over security.
Malaysia\'s Sime to grow non-plantation business
16/05/2009 (Reuters) - Malaysian planter Sime Darby (SIME.KL) plans to expand its non-plantation businesses to reduce its dependence on the more cyclical palm oil earnings, The Edge business weekly reported, citing a top company official.
WWF to Rate Palm Oil Purchasers on Sustainability
15/05/2009 (International Centre forTrade and Sustainable Development) - The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) says it will begin a campaign to rate major palm oil purchasers on their sustainability after figures show only a fraction of certified palm oil on the market has been purchased.
Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?
21/05/2009 (Mongabay.com) - The Malaysian government\'s federal land agency (FELDA) is now denying its well-documented plan to develop oil palm plantations in the Amazon rainforest, reports Ecological Internet, a forest advocacy group that carried out a campaign against the project.
Palm oil firms ‘taking away’ locals’ income
19/05/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - While a handful of oil palm plantations are raking in a fortune from their activities, many villagers are reeling at the loss of the source of much of their livelihoods.
Palm oil exports at risk from overseas buyers boycott
19/05/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Indonesia's palm oil business, already hit by lower prices, risks an overseas buyers boycott, with NGOs saying government plans for huge plantations in Kalimantan may mean big environmental damage.
Crude palm oil may surge 20%
19/05/2009 (Business Standard) - “Prices of crude palm oil (CPO) are expected to surge 20 per cent to surpass 3,000 ringgit later this year, on falling output in the mainland production centres that are Malaysia, Indonesia, Argentina and Ukraine,†a paper presented by Dorab Mistry, director of Godrej International said in Jakarta on Monday.
CPO price jump spurs complaints about speculation
18/05/2009 (The Star Online) - TOGETHER with a recovery in global commodity prices, crude palm oil (CPO) futures for three-month delivery shot up to above RM2,600 a tonne at Friday’s market closing from RM2,000 on March 31.
