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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Supply tightening boosts value for Malaysian palm oil
TH Plantation\'s Pre-Tax Profit Declines To RM24.753 Million In 2Q
04/08/2012 (Bernama) - TH Plantations Bhd's pre-tax profit dropped to RM24.753 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 compared with RM54.24 million posted in the same period last year.
Bursa Malaysia Likely To Be Higher Next Week
04/08/2012 (Bernama) - Share prices on Bursa Malaysia are expected to be higher next week riding on its resilience and defensive appeal amid rising global risk aversion, dealers said.
UMS And Sawit Kinabalu Ink MoU To Enhance Palm Oil Research
04/08/2012 (Bernama) - Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Sawit Kinabalu Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance research of palm oil, especially in Sabah.
African Palm Oil Stokes Land Conflict in Honduras
04/08/2012 (Business Recorder) - Growing demand for African palm oil, a key ingredient in cosmetics and processed foods, is fuelling deadly land disputes in the Honduran countryside, pitting large landowners against landless peasants.
MPOB Urged to Strictly Curb Oil Palm Fruit Theft
04/08/2012 (Daily Express) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has been urged to strictly enforce its regulations by instructing the Fruit Collection Centre (FCC) to reject the "unknown fruits", to curb fruit theft in oil palm estates and private lands occupied by illegal immigrants.
VEGOILS-Palm Edges Down on ECB, Posts 4th Straight Weekly Loss
04/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil inched lower on Friday, posting a fourth straight weekly loss as investors remained cautious after the European Central Bank failed to come up with an immediate measure to tackle the euro zone's fiscal crisis.
Unilever Reaches Sustainable Palm Oil Goal Three Years Early
03/08/2012 (Triple Pundit) - Palm oil and its rising demand has been quite a controversial topic the past couple of decades due to its strong correlation to deforestation and poor history of regulation, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia, where 80 percent of the world’s supply is cultivated. In fact, the area of land used for palm oil cultivation has increased by 43 percent since the 1990s. Yet palm oil remains a staple for billions of people worldwide. Its uses are exceedingly diverse, ranging from food like margarine and ice cream to health products like shampoo and lotion. It’s not too surprising, then, that the palm oil industry is under tight scrutiny when it comes to sustainable practices and traceable supply chains.
Nigeria: FG Still Grants Rice, Palm Oil Waivers - Reps
03/08/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - The House of Representatives and the Federal Ministry of Finance are in disagreement over import waivers on rice and palm oil granted to some individuals from January to 2012 to May 2012, after the Minister of Finance announced the suspension of such waivers in September last year.
Refiners Seek CPO Quota Clarification
03/08/2012 (Business Times) - Local palm oil refiners are disappointed with the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry's rationale for the increase in the export quota of duty-free crude palm oil (CPO).
