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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%
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.
Environmental Opposition Mounts to Plan for New Indonesian Palm Oil Plantation
3/1/06 (South China Morning Post) - There is intense controversy around a plan to cut and clear a huge swathe of virgin forest in Indonesia to create the world's largest palm-oil plantation, which China may finance.
