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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%
Plantation: We are not behind fires
20/08/ 2005 PEKAN BARU (The Star) - A big Malaysian-owned oil palmplantation in Riau, Sumatra implicated by Indonesia for open burning hascome out to strongly deny the allegations.
Wage revision for oil palm harvesters
18/08/05 PUTRAJAYA, (NSPT) - Some 44,000 oil palm harvesters and millworkers in the peninsula will now enjoy higher monthly guaranteed minimumearnings of RM350, up from RM325 per employee, under their new collectiveagreement (CA).Following mediation by an industrial court chairman, the new CA alsoguarantees them a seven per cent increase in wages and incentives, as wellas 18 months’ back wages from Jan 1, 2004 to June 30 this year.
500,000 tonnes of palm oil needed yearly for propo
12/08/05 (Bernama) - A TOTAL of 500,000 tonnes of palm oil will be neededeach year to respond to the Government’s call to produce and use palmoil-based biofuel, Malaysia Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said.
Aim to produce 6mil tonnes palm oil by 2010
15/08/05 Sandakan (Daily Express News) - Sabah, Malaysia's biggest palmoil producer, aims to produce six million tonnes of palm oil in 2010, saidState Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail.
Court action planned against Malaysian plantation
15/08/2005 (Sunday Business Post - Authorities in central Malaysia plan totake legal action against oil palm plantation owners who burnedagricultural waste, defying a ban that was installed to ease the chokingsmog caused by fires in Indonesia.
Environmental Group Slams Indonesian Plan for Huge
15/08/2005JAKARTA (Associated Press) - Indonesia's proposal to build theworld's largest palm oil plantation along its border with Malaysia wouldhave a devastating impact on forests, wildlife and the local population,an environmental group warned Monday.
Fires in Indonesia Cause Ecological Crisi
13/08/05 KULIM, Indonesia - Palm oil farmers have used fire to clear theirland of tall grass, shrubs and trees for years, without any idea that thenoxious fumes caused problems in neighboring Malaysia or anywhere else.
INDONESIA TO START COMMERCIAL OUTPUT OF BIODIESEL
12/08/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Oil Palm Research Center (PPKS) inMedan will start commercial production of biodiesel oil with a dailyoutput of 20 tons.
Malaysia Gears Towards Self-Sufficiency In Paper P
16/08/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Malaysia is gearing towardsself-sufficiency in paper products with the anticipation of more pulp andpaper mills coming on stream in the future.
