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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Indonesia looking to Papua province to expand palm oil production
21/05/2008 (Radio New Zealand International) - Indonesia is now looking at its vast easternmost provinces in Papua to expand its palm oil plantations.
Greepeace encourages sustainable growth of palm oil industry
22/05/2008 (ANTARA News), Jakarta - Greenpeace has called on crude palm oil producers to think of sustainable growth to prevent environmental damage.
10% premium for sustainable palm oil?
21/05/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Will consumers pay a premium for a product that is less damaging to the environment? The palm oil industry intends to find out whether buyers will put their money where there mouth is.
Yusof Basiron: Who\'s to blame for rising food prices?
21/05/2008 (NST Online) - IN March 2007, European Union leaders decided to increase to 20 per cent by 2020 the share of renewable energies in the EU's energy consumption. With this target, the EU hopes to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and their reliance on imported petroleum oils.
Palm oil falls on exports, vegoil supplies
21/05/2008 (The News International, Pakistan), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures slipped on Tuesday as a lower-than-expected increase in exports and expectations of rising vegetable oil supplies weighed on the market. Dealers said a decision by Argentine farm groups to end a two-week strike over soy export taxes raised hopes of more shipments from the world’s number 3 soy supplier.
Malaysia\'s Rice Diplomacy
21/05/2008 (Asian Tribune) - Kuala Lumpur has been hard put these days on account of scarcity in essential commodities, particularly rice. As a result, Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favor of bartering palm oil for rice.
Plantation firms on strong footing
21/05/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - There is unlikely to be a slowdown in earnings for plantation companies, thanks to strong crude palm oil (CPO) prices.
Palm Oil Scheme: Nigeria, Cameroun Plan $4.6bn Joint Venture
21/05/2008 (This Day Online) - Nigeria and the Cameroun governments are contemplating over $4.656 billion joint venture in the development of oil palm sector that would benefit the two countries.
UPDATE 1-India eyes 1.5 mln tonnes vegoils for festive demand
20/05/2008 (Reuters, India), Jakarta - India, the world's No. 2 importer of vegetable oils, is looking to buy 1.5 million tonnes in the next three months starting from May to stock up for the festival season, a top industry official said on Tuesday.
