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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
CPO up despite rise in inventory
20/02/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Crude palm oil (CPO) inventory hit a record last month while the commodity's futures contract climbed to a fresh peak of RM3,625 per tonne yesterday.
Bad Biofuel Policy Boosts Asian Inflation
19/02/2008 (Asia Sentinel) - The US decision to divert food crops for motor-fuel is proving a costly mistake – especially for Asia.
Palm oil scores new high on soyoil, demand
19/02/2008 (The News - International, Pakistan), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures jumped 3.4 per cent on Monday to hit another high as ruined oilseed crops in China fuelled massive buying in the global vegetable oil markets, traders said.
Edible Oil futures continue to boom
19/02/2008 (Commodity Online), Mumbai - Palm oil futures in Malaysia soared to a record amid speculation demand for the vegetable oil may increase after severe snowstorms damaged China's rapeseed crop.
Mentiga wants to ride on oil palm sector
19/02/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Mentiga Corp Bhd will invest RM25mil to develop 5,000 acres in Sungai Lembing, Pahang, for the planting of oil palm this year.
Millions paid in taxes but Balung road in terrible state
16/02/2008 (The Daily Express News, East Malaysia), Tawau - Oil Palm plantation smallholders in Sungai Bolong, Balung feel the taxes they have paid to the Government on some RM140 million worth of palm oil they produce annually does not match the quality of roads they are hoping for.
Farmers prefer to sow oil seed crops instead of cereal crops
19/02/2008 (The Daily Times, Pakistan), Lahore - The farmers would get attractive price of canola and other seed crops, as the price of palm oil has increased in the international market, Daily Times learnt here on Monday.
Rising food prices hurt consumers hard
18/02/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - January has been a sizzler for world food prices. Everything from vegetable oils to coffee to sugar became more expensive. For a food trading country such as India, that is a mixed blessing.
Cooking oil prices see fresh rise
18/02/2008 (Independent Bangladesh) - Prices of cooking oils increased more than Tk 200 per maund (37.3 kilogram) within a day on Saturday because of their dwindling supplies. The fresh jump in wholesale prices instantly influenced the already volatile retail market, where non-packed soya bean price surged to a range of Tk 104 and Tk 110 per kilogram on Saturday.
