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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO FUTURES CLOSE LOWER ONSTRONGER RINGGIT, CONCERNS OVERWEAK DEMAND
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
Greenpeace protests biofuel plans
05/02/2009 (Helsinki Times) - A proposal by Helsinki City Transport (HKL) and the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV) to power all buses and rubbish trucks in the capital region by fuel made from palm oil has drawn criticism from environmental organisation Greenpeace. For several weeks trials have been carried out in Lahti with hybrid buses which use a mixture of electricity and diesel. HKL is planning to test the buses in Helsinki over the following months, with a view to putting them into service as early as the end of this year.
Indian refined oils safe for cooking
05/02/2009 (The Times of India), New Delhi - Don’t get alarmed. The good news is refined vegetable oils, used by virtually all middle class Indian families for cooking, have negligible trans fat and are, therefore, safe.
PTT testing local waters for higher biofuel blends
04/02/2009 (Business Mirror) - BANGKOK—PTT Research and Technology Inc. (PTTRTI), owned by Thai petroleum giant PTT Public Co. Ltd., is conducting field and lab tests on engines running on 10-percent, 20-percent and 50-percent biodiesel blends.
KL Kepong’s Lee Prepares for Takeovers After Palm Oil Rout Ends
04/02/2009 (Bloomberg) -- Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd., Malaysia’s third-biggest palm-oil producer, may buy planted land this year to expand production, betting that the price of the tropical commodity has found a floor after a rout.
Grease Goodness
04/02/2009 (Express India) - There is general uncertainty as to which vegetable oil is good for the heart. As we look through the supermarket shelves in search of the right cooking oil, we are confused about the health claims of each brand. Vegetable oils have long been endorsed as being “heart healthy.†The reason for this is that these oils are low in artery-clogging saturated fat, and rich in certain beneficial fatty acids.
Preparation for ground breaking ceremony for Auluta underway
04/02/2009 (Solomon Star News) - PREPARATION for the ground breaking ceremony to start the Auluta Oil Palm Project in Malaita Province is now underway.
Staying fit on fats
04/02/2009 (The Nation UAE) - The topic of which fats are healthy and which are not is complex enough to confuse even those with a biochemistry degree, let alone the average shopper. There are monounsaturated fats, cis fats, trans fats, omega-3s, omega-6s and interestified fats, to name but a few. Their effects in the body are as varied as their names.
Malaysian government says forest reserve \'plundered\' for oil palm development
03/02/2009 (Mongabay) - Responding to allegations by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) that indigenous people have been forced from their lands (a charge it denied), the Sabah Forestry Department said that more than 30 percent of Mt. Pock And Tanjong Nagos Forest Reserves were "plundered" by "people with means to plant illegal oil palm including companies" up until 2001. The statement is noteworthy in that leaders of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the marketing and lobbying arm of the Malaysian palm oil industry, have maintained that oil expansion has not taken place at the expense of natural forest in Malaysia.
RP lags in global efforts to develop alternative fuels
04/02/2009 (Philippines Star), Bangkok - The Philippines must work double time to be able to catch up with worldwide efforts to develop alternative fuels, a ranking energy executive said.
