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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 Output Surge In Oct, CPO Price Could Hit RM4500 In Dec: MPOC
A bailout plan for the coconut industry
25/05/2009 (Manila Standard Today) - Any stranger or first-time visitor to Laguna and Quezon will be instantly awed at the sight of endless rows of tall and lush coconut trees which dominate the landscape. But the thick tree cover all around seems to camouflage the acute ills that beset the coconut industry in these provinces and the entire country.
Sarawak Will Have Biggest Oil Palm Area Under Felcra By 2010
25/05/2009 (Bernama), Kuching - Felcra will develop another 11,000 hectares of land in Sarawak for oil palm cultivation by 2010, its chairman Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said here today.
No Plan To Reduce B5 Mandate
25/05/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - There is no plan to reduce the current biodiesel mandate of five percent despite the high feedstock cost, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said today.
Paraquat Poisoning: Reaching out to get it banned
24/05/2009 (NST Online) - THE Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil Process (RSPO) could help get paraquat banned in Malaysia.
Catch 22 for sustainably grown oil palm
23/05/2009 (The Star Online) - EVEN as European economies scramble to regain their foothold from the economic and financial quagmire, palm oil exports to the EU remains a Catch 22 for Malaysia’s palm oil industry as sustainably grown and certified sustainable oil palm remains a target for lawmakers in the EU.
In Search of the Perfect Biofuel -- and Financing to Bring It to Market
22/05/2009 (Reuters) - Funny thing about the biofuels business. Roughly 200 companies are pursuing the perfect biofuel -- as cheap as fossil fuels, adaptable to today’s infrastructure, low-carbon, sustainable and no threat to the food supply or to tropical forests. But even cutting-edge startups that say they have the puzzle just about solved can’t raise the money they need to get into commercial production.
RSPO standard to be improved further
23/05/2009 (The Star Online) - THE Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) aims to continue to improve the RSPO standard, which it feels is among the best for any agricultural production in the world.
Getting a grip on oil palm issues
23/05/2009 (The Star Online) - THIS month didn’t start well for the plantation industry. Over the first two days, British newspaper The Independent ran several hard-hitting articles, anchored by a front-page editorial on May 1, that blamed the expansion of oil palm area in Malaysia and Indonesia for ills caused by deforestation.
KL bourse higher in early trade
23/03/2009 (Business Times, Malaysia) - MALAYSIA shares were higher in early trading today on window-dressing ahead of the Umno General Assembly meeting in expectations of a rally, dealers said.
