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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Malaysian palm oil output forecast cut
19/05/2009 (Business Times, India), Hamburg - Malaysian October 2008/September 2009 palm oil output is likely to reach only 17.8 million tonnes Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World forecast yesterday.
Government \'greatly concerned\' by palm oil production
19/05/2009 (The Independent) - The Government has joined calls for Britain’s best-selling household groceries to use sustainable palm oil.
SRI LANKA CARSON UNIT SAYS PALM OIL MARKET STABILISED
19/05/2009 (TMCnet), Colombo - Palm oil prices have stabilised after last year's collapse and demand should grow in future, according to Good Hope, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka's Carson Cumber batch group with plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Fertiliser, vegetable oil price freeze
19/05/2009 (Bangkok Post) - The price of chemical fertilisers and vegetable oils will not rise during the current period, Department of Internal Trade director-general Yanyong Phuangrach said on Tuesday.
Plantation companies in conflict with villagers
19/05/2009 (The Jakarta Post), Jakarta - The palm oil industry has sparked controversy over environmental issues, as well as concerns over security.
Malaysia\'s Sime to grow non-plantation business
16/05/2009 (Reuters) - Malaysian planter Sime Darby (SIME.KL) plans to expand its non-plantation businesses to reduce its dependence on the more cyclical palm oil earnings, The Edge business weekly reported, citing a top company official.
WWF to Rate Palm Oil Purchasers on Sustainability
15/05/2009 (International Centre forTrade and Sustainable Development) - The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) says it will begin a campaign to rate major palm oil purchasers on their sustainability after figures show only a fraction of certified palm oil on the market has been purchased.
Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?
21/05/2009 (Mongabay.com) - The Malaysian government\'s federal land agency (FELDA) is now denying its well-documented plan to develop oil palm plantations in the Amazon rainforest, reports Ecological Internet, a forest advocacy group that carried out a campaign against the project.
Palm oil firms ‘taking away’ locals’ income
19/05/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - While a handful of oil palm plantations are raking in a fortune from their activities, many villagers are reeling at the loss of the source of much of their livelihoods.
