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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
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Palm Oil Industry Blamed for Abuse of Organ-Utans
2/1/06 (Rednova) - Endangered orang-utans in Indonesian Borneo are suffering routine physical abuse when they stray into palm oil plantations, say wildlife groups and campaigners in the region. Poor migrant workers, often encouraged by the offer of extra pay from rainforest loggers, trap the animals and beat them to death.
Tariff values on vegetable oils reduced
2/1/06 Chennai (Business Line) - THE Union Government on Monday cut the tariff values on vegetable oils by $3-24 but the industry termed it as a "small reduction".
Malaysia palm up
29/12/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil recovered early losses to settle firm by Thursday's midsession and dealers said they expected the market to end the year at above 1,400 ringgit in anticipation of a drawdown in stocks.
Exports up by 19 percent on higher global prices
4/1/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Driven by high prices of global oil, metals and crude palm oil (CPO), Indonesia's exports in the period January-November 2005 rose by almost 19 percent, as compared to the same period a year earlier.
Myanmar plans to become self-sufficient in edible oil
31/12/05 (Kyodo) - Myanmar is aiming to produce about 500,000 tons of palm oil annually by 2010 to meet domestic demand for edible oil, a local newspaper reported Saturday.
Palm oil can light up biofuel advantage
31/12/05 (NSTP) - WILL the lights go out in certain countries in about 50 years when the world's fossil fuel resources dry up and new reserves are not found?
New labeling targets trans fats
2/1/2006 WASHINGTON (Knight Ridder) - Beginning Sunday, new rules on food labeling are making it easier for consumers to avoid artery-clogging trans fats, which have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
One year trial of B5 fuel
2/1/06 MIRI (The Star) - Malaysia's pioneer biodiesel - the B5 fuel will be supplied free for the whole of this year to ministries and government agencies that volunteer to try it out.
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
