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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
Plantation-Scale Oil Production
11/08/2008 (Biodiesel Magazine) - World palm oil production has been nudging soybean oil production out of the No. 1 spot in recent years with nearly 90 percent of production coming from just two countries—Malaysia and Indonesia. Sheer distance keeps familiarity with the competition difficult for the American soybean industry. In April, Biodiesel Magazine got a closer look at the Malaysian palm oil industry while attending the first International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference. The trip to Malaysia included a tour of IJM Plantations Bhd. in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the northern coast of Borneo.
BOPP consolidates performance
11/08/2008 (Joy Online) - Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP) consolidated the impressive performance during the first quarter of the year by recording another good performance during the first half of 2008.
Indonesia Sees \'09 Palm Oil Output of 19.4 Million Tonnes
11/08/2008 (Flexnews), Jakarta - Indonesia, the world's top palm oil producer, expects its crude palm oil output to rise to 19.4 million tonnes in 2009 as more trees mature and the cultivation area expands, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said on Monday.
CPO bracing for a downcycle
11/08/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil’s (CPO) near-term outlook remains bleak following tumbling of prices last week amid a global selldown in commodities, indicating that the sector is heading for a downcycle.
India-ASEAN free trade pact to be inked at December Bangkok summit
11/08/2008 (Monster and Critics), New Delhi - Under a free trade agreement to be signed at a summit in Bangkok in December, India will substantially reduce duties on about 96 per cent of items it trades with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), news reports said Sunday.
Eye On The Environment: Read the labels on all green products
10/08/2008 (Ventura Country Star) - Have you heard of "nutrition fatigue"? It is a term for the problem faced by nutrition advocates after years of telling people so many things are dangerous to human health.
Land for Bio - fuels
09/08/2008 (Daily News Online) - ALL land practitioners have got to address the issue of land for bio-fuels. In Tanzania concern has already been raised both in Parliament and by a number of commentators that we are giving away too much land, valuable land, to foreign investors for growing plants for bio-fuels. A good starting point to address this issue is to understand what bio-fuels are and whether bio-fuel growing is good, bad or ugly for a poor country like Tanzania. There is a lot of literature now on bio-fuels with arguments on both sides of the fence; some arguing for, and some arguing against bio-fuels. Addressing the question of bio-fuels has taken on an urgent need in view of the escalating (fossil) oil prices and in view of the need to protect the environment. Once heralded as the alternative fuel source of the future, bio-fuels have come under scrutiny recently with a number of reports suggesting they cause more harm to the environment than originally thought, and that they cause fundamental socio-economic problems affecting access to land for the world poor.
FTA: India, ASEAN sort out differences over tariff cuts
09/08/2008 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: India and the ASEAN have finally concluded talks on a free trade agreement (FTA), sorting out long-standing differences over proposed tariff cuts in sensitive farm products such as palm oil.
World vegoil prices fall; Indian consumers yet to benefit
10/08/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Mumbai - The widespread sell off in the commodity markets in recent days has not spared the vegetable oil market. Firming US dollar, falling crude prices, burgeoning stocks and generally improved weather conditions in major origins have all combined to drive speculative funds holding long positions to liquidate.
