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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
EU Environmental Concerns Fail to Stick To Palm Oil as Q1 Imports Move Higher
22/06/2009 (Jakatra Globe) - Despite the environmental issues surrounding crude palm oil production, CPO exports to the European Union over the first quarter of the year saw a 16 percent increase from the same period in 2008.
Why Palm Oil Should Feature In the Presidential Debates
22/06/2009 (Jakatra Globe) - The management of natural resources has always been a hot issue for debate and will feature prominently in the upcoming presidential election. The debate over a neo-liberal economy versus a people-oriented economy has successfully spiced up the politicking. Among the hot buttons of debate is the management of oil and gas, which have always been at the center of political attention, attracting state institutions and politicians to involve themselves in the process, the most important aspect of which is the renegotiation of oil and gas contracts.
Palm Oil decreases Cholesterol Levels
20/06/2009 (Deforestration Watch) - Palm oil is a vegetable oil, not an animal or dairy product, and therefore does not contain cholesterol. It is produced from the fruit of the Elaeis guineensis. Palm oil sometimes is confused with palm kernel oil, but is in fact different, being derived from the mesocarp of the palm fruit rather than the centre kernel.
US company to invest in palm oil plantations in Cameroon, Ghana
19/06/2009 (African Agriculture) - Herakles Farms, a New York-based agriculture company, is planning two commercial-scale sustainable palm oil plantations in Cameroon and Ghana, providing over 10,000 jobs to local people.
Ministry seeks bigger budget for palm oil R&D
19/06/2009 (The Star Online), Bangi - The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry wants a bigger allocation for palm oil-related research and development (R&D) programmes under the 10th Malaysia Plan to be tabled in Parliament next year.
More investments urged in palm tree industry
18/06/2009 (Philstar.com), Manila - The Philippines should encourage and attract Malaysian and Indonesian investments in palm tree plantations in the country which would also help the Philippines develop a two-crop industry for coconut oil and palm oil, incoming CIIF Oil Mills Group president and current Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) director Jesus Arranza said.
Malaysian palm oil chief claims oil palm plantations help orangutans
18/06/2009 (Mongabay.com) - Dr. Yusof Basiron, CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the government-backed marketing arm of the Malaysian palm oil industry, claims on his blog that endangered orangutans benefit from living in proximity to oil palm plantations. Environmentalists scoff at the notion, maintaining that oil palm expansion is one of the greatest threats to orangutans.
Trans Fats Hinder Multiple Steps In Blood Flow Regulation Pathways
17/06/2009 (Science Daily) - Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in processed foods contain trans fatty acids that interfere with the regulation of blood flow. A new report reveals a new way in which these "trans fats" gum up the cellular machinery that keeps blood moving through arteries and veins.
‘No palm oil’ their aim
16/06/2009 (In My Community) - MORE than 100 letters to Woolworths and KFC were signed at a peaceful protest against the use of palm oil in Fremantle last week.
