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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
CPO Futures End Lower In Line With Weak Regional Vegetable Oil Markets
Malaysia to host first palm oil seminar in Dubai
22/05/2008 (Trade Arabia News) - Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will jointly organise the first 'Malaysia-UAE Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar 2008’ in Dubai from May 26 to 27.
Greenpeace says Indonesia mustn’t encroach on Papua forests in oil palm push
22/05/2008 (Radio New Zealand International) - Greenpeace says that without good governance, Indonesia’s plans to utilise millions more hectares in its Papua region are unlikely to be sustainably managed.
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.
