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Palm tracks gains in Dalian and Chicago rival oils, stronger crude
CPO Futures Close Lower Amid Weaker Crude Oil, Soybean Oil Prices
Malaysia raises palm oil export duty for April
Middle East conflict boosts demand for alternative fuels
Rising oilseed market could spark modest canola rally
There are several factors that should be lifting canola prices but values so far are stubbornly flat.
MPOC to promote benefits of palm oil in schools, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) will go to the ground to promote palm oil and its benefits through outreach programmes involving school children, possibly, including it as a co-curriculum programme.
The Uncomfortable Truth About Biofuel
Earlier this month, France’s constitutional court upheld a law cutting palm oil from the country’s list of approved biofuels and eliminating associated tax exemptions. The court rejected an appeal by French energy company Total, which had invested 300 million euros to convert a crude oil refinery into a biofuel plant that would use palm oil feedstock.
Indonesia's freeze on palm oil plantation permits ‘lacks transparency’
Indonesia's freeze on palm oil plantation permits lacks transparency, making it difficult to assess its effectiveness, and the government should provide updated information, an industry watchdog official told Reuters.
Plantation counters to record weaker performance in 3Q
PLANTATION counters are likely to record a weaker year-on-year (YoY) financial performance in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) due to price volatility of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm products.
CDP: 80% of companies set to miss 2020 palm oil deforestation goals
Of the 96 corporates currently reporting that they produce, source or use products that contain palm oil from Indonesia to CDP, just one-fifth are set to meet their 2020 deforestation targets surrounding the commodity.
Palm oil lifted by production drop
Malaysian palm oil futures reversed course to edge higher on Wednesday as data showed lower production figures, implying tighter supplies.
ANALYSIS: EU faces fresh fears of tight rapeseed supply in 2020
The European Union is facing another period of tight rapeseed supply through the second half of its marketing year after drought left its crop at its lowest level in 13 years, while exports from Ukraine are showing signs of drying up.
'Growing global population a boon for palm oil'
BANGKOK: The current world’s population of 7.74 billion, which is set to hit almost 10 billion by 2050, is a boon for the vegetable oil market, especially for the highly productive palm oil as it can yield more oil from less land than its competitor.
