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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
Sime Darby deal to create 20,000 jobs -Liberia
05/05/2009 (Reuters), Monrovia - Liberia's $800 million palm and rubber deal with Malaysian firm Sime Darby will create 20,000 much needed jobs in the West African country rebuilding after civil war, Liberia's investment chief said late on Monday.
News: Unsustainable palm oil production threatening the Indonesian orangutan population
04/05/2009 (Food Biz Daily) - Unregulated palm oil production is causing widespread deforestation in Southeast Asia, dislocating natives and threatening the survival of the orangutan.
Economic woes may damage moves to slow deforestation
04/05/2009 (Daily Times) - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that can scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.
NZ palm oil use could help to wipe out orangutan
04/05/2009 (The New Zealand Herald) - A cooking oil that is driving the destruction of the rainforests, displacing native people and threatening the survival of the orangutan is present in grocery products commonly found in New Zealand.
How Prince Charles†food is destroying rainforests
03/05/2009 (Duniyaline.com), London - In a case of utmost irony, Prince Charles, who is touring the world, campaigning to save the rainforests, is selling products containing an ingredient blamed for wrecking them.
Palm oil estates booming in Indonesia
03/05/2009 (Peninsula Online), Kuala Lumpur - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that could scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.
Malaysia close to decoding oil palm genome
04/05/2009 (The Malaysia Insider), Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s efforts to break the genetic code for the oil palm plant could increase the supply of palm oil at a time when demand is growing.
Crisis could increase deforestation
04/05/2009 (Saudi Gazette) - GROWING economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that could scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.
Palm oil and climate change
02/05/2009 (The Independent) - Palm oil is an inescapable part of everyday life. As the new research from the Independent shows, it is now virtually impossible to avoid buying products that contain palm oil in every supermarket, chemist and sweet shop in Britain. Considering the fact that this commodity is now one of the most environmentally damaging on earth, this can seem like a gloomy prospect - but there are a few reasons for hope.
