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Middle East conflict boosts demand for alternative fuels
CPO Futures Close Lower Amid Weaker Crude Oil, Soybean Oil Prices
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
East Africa: National Interests Delay Customs Union, Even As Technology Kicks in
Fourteen years since the East African Community's Customs Union became operational, the Community has postponed the thrice the date of its full implementation.
Helen of Troy Reports Strong Sales, But Warns of Tariff Effects
Helen of Troy Ltd. HELE 1.28% reported its profit in the latest period increased by almost five times from a year earlier as the maker of home goods and beauty products reported strong sales of its higher-margins brands.
IOI seeks more flexibility in hiring foreign plantation workers
IOI Corp Bhd group chief executive officer Datuk Lee Yeow Chor says the government should be more flexible with regards to the hiring mechanism for foreign workers in the plantation sector.
Biodiesel demand, heatwave could boost planters earnings
Plantation companies are likely to record higher revenues in the fourth quarter this year as crude palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to recover from its three-year low in October.
Nestlé to release palm oil supplier blacklist
Nestlé has vowed to reach 100% "responsibly sourced" palm oil by 2020 and is using satellite technology to monitor suppliers and blacklist violators. It will make the list of compliant and noncompliant suppliers public in March 2019
Palm oil industry rejects vilification of crop as baseless and unscientific
The vilification of oil palm in Sri Lanka on the grounds of the crop’s purported adverse impact on the environment is completely unjustifiable, given that the extent of land under oil palm is just 1.1 percent of the extent under traditional crops – tea, rubber and coconut – an industry body has stated
Citi Research keeps Sime Darby Plantation as top Malaysian plantation pick
KUALA LUMPUR: Citi Research is retaining Sime Darby Plantation as its top pick among the Malaysian plantation companies with a target price of RM6.29.
Palm extends drop, tracking soyoil
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Malaysian palm oil futures fell at the midday break on Monday, set to chart a second straight session of losses, as they tracked losses in soyoil on the US Chicago Board of Trade.
Palm oil may fall to RM2,200
SINGAPORE (Oct 8): Palm oil may fall to RM2,200 per tonne, following its failure to break a resistance at RM2,240.
