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Palm Oil Stakeholders Need To Navigate Market Dynamics To Ensure Continued Growth
CPO futures close lower amid concerns over B40 biodiesel implementation
CPO market to trade in yo-yo mode next week amid holiday, production concerns
MSPO 2.0: Experts see stronger global position for Malaysian palm oil
Paper mill to create 400 jobs
29/12/05 (The Star) - About 400 jobs are expected to be created in Perak following plans by a public-listed company to build a RM260mil oil palm pulp and paper mill in Sitiawan next year
Incentive for Growers of Palm for Biodiesel
28/12/05 Thailand (Bangkok Post)--The Agriculture Ministry will soon seek cabinet approval for interest rate compensation to farmers who agree to grow palm as part of the biodiesel production campaign.
Kulim In RM152 Mln Biofuel Tie-Up With German Group
28/12/05 KUALA LUMPUR(Bernama) -- Diversified palm oil group, Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd, has teamed up with Germany's CremerOleo GmbH to set up two new plants to produce biofuels and other downstream speciality chemical derivatives.
Green oil to make debut soon
25/12/05 (Business Times) - MALAYSIA started work on biodiesel two decades ago, but the idea of palm oil powering machines on a large scale did not catch on until four months ago.
Ezyhealth to acquire palm oil business in S$1.29b reverse takeover
23/12/05 (Channel NewsAsia) - Mainboard-listed Ezyhealth has signed a deal to buy a sizeable palm oil business from Wilmar Holdings in a S$1.29 billion reverse takeover.
Disappearing haven
26/12/05 (The Star) - It is not easy to fight a campaign that endears the public with a cuddly and impish creature. What more when the images portrayed are those of the creature being mutilated, abused, maimed and killed.
Fate in the balance
27/12/05 (The Star) - While there is no clear documentation of brutality against orang utans linked to the expansion of oil palm plantation in Malaysia, the fate of the Bornean subspecies in Sabah (Pongo pygmaeus morio) is not any better than its cousin in Indonesia.
INDONESIA SET TO CUT CRUDE PALM OIL EXPORT TAX BY HALF
22/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian government has decided to cut export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) by half, from 3 per cent to 1.5 per cent, effective in two weeks time.
Diesel Cost May Crimp Port Operators' Margins
27/12/05 (Business Times) - HIGHER diesel cost and global port congestion are two major factors that may crimp local port operators' profit margins in 2006.
