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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
PTT testing local waters for higher biofuel blends
04/02/2009 (Business Mirror) - BANGKOK—PTT Research and Technology Inc. (PTTRTI), owned by Thai petroleum giant PTT Public Co. Ltd., is conducting field and lab tests on engines running on 10-percent, 20-percent and 50-percent biodiesel blends.
KL Kepong’s Lee Prepares for Takeovers After Palm Oil Rout Ends
04/02/2009 (Bloomberg) -- Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd., Malaysia’s third-biggest palm-oil producer, may buy planted land this year to expand production, betting that the price of the tropical commodity has found a floor after a rout.
Grease Goodness
04/02/2009 (Express India) - There is general uncertainty as to which vegetable oil is good for the heart. As we look through the supermarket shelves in search of the right cooking oil, we are confused about the health claims of each brand. Vegetable oils have long been endorsed as being “heart healthy.†The reason for this is that these oils are low in artery-clogging saturated fat, and rich in certain beneficial fatty acids.
Preparation for ground breaking ceremony for Auluta underway
04/02/2009 (Solomon Star News) - PREPARATION for the ground breaking ceremony to start the Auluta Oil Palm Project in Malaita Province is now underway.
Staying fit on fats
04/02/2009 (The Nation UAE) - The topic of which fats are healthy and which are not is complex enough to confuse even those with a biochemistry degree, let alone the average shopper. There are monounsaturated fats, cis fats, trans fats, omega-3s, omega-6s and interestified fats, to name but a few. Their effects in the body are as varied as their names.
Malaysian government says forest reserve \'plundered\' for oil palm development
03/02/2009 (Mongabay) - Responding to allegations by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) that indigenous people have been forced from their lands (a charge it denied), the Sabah Forestry Department said that more than 30 percent of Mt. Pock And Tanjong Nagos Forest Reserves were "plundered" by "people with means to plant illegal oil palm including companies" up until 2001. The statement is noteworthy in that leaders of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the marketing and lobbying arm of the Malaysian palm oil industry, have maintained that oil expansion has not taken place at the expense of natural forest in Malaysia.
RP lags in global efforts to develop alternative fuels
04/02/2009 (Philippines Star), Bangkok - The Philippines must work double time to be able to catch up with worldwide efforts to develop alternative fuels, a ranking energy executive said.
India to produce 7.04 mt of vegetable oils
28/01/2009 (The Hindu), New Delhi - India is estimated to produce 7.04 million tonnes of vegetable oils in 2008-09, sufficient to meet only 46 per cent of the country's demand.
PTT plans to become regional ethanol hub
03/02/2009 (The Manila Times), Bangkok - PTT Public Co. Ltd. of Thailand said it plans to become Southeast Asia’s hub for ethanol production as it plans to export its products with the expected higher output this year.
