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Despite the availability of over three million hectares of farmland for palm oil cultivation, production remains low at close to two tons per hectare, relative to a global benchmark of 25 tons per hectare.

Indonesia and Malaysia may increase bio-diesel content in automotive fuels.

Few natural products are as maligned as palm oil, the vegetable oil that’s in everything from chocolate spread to washing up liquid. On the island of Borneo, oil palm plantations have replaced nearly 40% of the native forest cover since 2000.

Total's Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne on Sunday criticised the French parliament's decision on Nov. 15 to remove tax breaks on palm oil in biofuels, saying the survival of its biorefinery in southern France was at stake.

We had two Pasir Gudang pollution incidents followed by a few river pollution cases that caused water treatment plants to shut down.

KUALA LUMPUR: To further enhance palm oil sustainability, the government has listed four policies which include mapping out the country’s oil palm plantation areas and make it available for public access, Ministry of Primary Industries secretary-general Datuk Tan Yew Chong said.

KUALA LUMPUR: An analyst of the palm oil industry has welcomed Malaysia’s push for certification of all domestic producers under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) scheme.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): The palm oil industry is set to see a fruitful 2020 as various efforts undertaken by the government, its agencies and stakeholders which are centered on sustainability begin to show results.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Growth in palm oil production will slow in the next few years, helping reduce stockpiles and boost prices, leading industry analyst James Fry said on Thursday.

Indonesia will roll out B30 biodiesel, a fuel blend with a bio-content of 30 per cent, in January 2020. JAKARTA: Mr Rudi pulled up next to a pump in a petrol station in Jakarta. He lifted a grey nozzle and filled up his truck with palm oil-based B20 biodiesel.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Crude palm oil (CPO) prices would be able to sustain its current upward momentum if Governments, particularly those from the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), could coordinate allocation increases under the biodiesel mandates, says palm oil expert Dr James Fry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): The biodiesel mandate in the world’s largest palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia could cause a deficit in palm oil stocks and push up crude palm oil (CPO) prices next year, said a leading palm oil industry analyst.