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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
Speculative edible oil imports to hit farmers
21/04/2009 (Business Standard) - All kinds of motives can be attributed as to why the trade went all out to import 3.434 million tonnes of edible oil in the first five months of the 2008-09 oil year (November to October). Imports jumped by 1.5 million tonnes over the same period last year, confounding all the stakeholders.
Unilever calls for ban on counterfeit products
20/04/2009 (Joy Online) - Mr. Charles Cofie, Chief Executive Office of Unilever has reiterated his call on the Ghana Standard Board (GSB) and other authorities to control the influx of counterfeit products onto the Ghanaian market.
PLN says it welcomes waste to energy projects
20/04/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - The state-owned electricity company PT PLN has welcomed the International Finance Croporation (IFC)-initiated biomass power plant projects using palm oil wastes and rice husks, an official says.
India rushes for palm cargoes before prices go up
20/04/2008 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - India, the world's No 2. vegetable oil buyer, has only covered about a third of its palm oil requirements for May, which will spark off a scramble for supplies before prices go any higher, traders said on Monday.
RSPO Certifies First Indonesian Palm Oil Company
17/04/2009 (ICTSD) - An Indonesian palm oil company has become the country’s first to be certified ’sustainable’ by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). But environmentalists caution that production in the world’s largest palm oil producing country continues to pose a serious environmental threat.
Palm oil, rice waste huge potential for generating electricity
17/04/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - It's the world's largest producer of crude palm oil and fourth largest producer of rice, Indonesia has huge potential for generating electricity from the tens of millions tons of waste from the two industries.
Palm oil not a healthy substitute for trans fats
17/04/2009 (Teatro Naturale) - Manufacturers are now required to state on food labels the amount of trans fatty acids, also called hydrogenated fats, in packaged foods. Both trans fatty acids and saturated fatty acids are associated with elevated heart disease risk factors.
Edible oil prices rise again
17/04/2009 (The Daily Star) - The price of edible oil increased in the capital with its gradual rise in the international market since last month.
Vegetable oil imports in March up 28%
16/04/2009 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - Vegetable oil imports increased 28 per cent in March compared with the same period a year ago but the pace of the shipments in to the country slowed down compared with the previous three months.
