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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
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
JOHOR ASSEMBLY: Board can penalise errant oil palm factories
29/11/2008 (NST Online) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has the right to penalise processing factories which refused to accept oil palm fruit from suppliers.
Accidental Poisoning At Home — Palm oil Not The Antidote
28/11/2008 (Graphic Online) - Early last month, three accidental poisoning cases occurred in various homes but all ended up at the Paediatric Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
Palm oil for generating power not plausible now, says minister
27/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The burning of palm oil to generate electricity is not plausible at this point in time, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.
Analysts: ‘Burn palm oil to produce power’ unlikely
27/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The proposal of oil palm planters for the government to burn excess palm oil to generate electricity, after initial measures failed to halt the price slump, is unlikely to be implemented, said OSK Research.
Exports of CPO to miss target on lower demand
26/11/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Indonesia will likely export 13 million tons of crude palm oil (CPO) this year, 1 million tons short of an earlier target, as the global economic downturn has reduced demand.
Sustainable palm oil a farce; Industry body weak and ineffectual: Greenpeace
25/11/2008 (Infoshop News), Bali/Jakarta — Greenpeace today condemned the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), for failing to take action against member companies who continue to destroy Indonesia’s peatlands and forests at the conclusion of its 6th annual meeting in Bali.
Indonesia\'s Astra Agro Sees Flat 09 Palm Oil Output
25/11/2008 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia's largest listed palm oil firm, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, expects its palm oil output to remain flat in 2009 as plantations hit maximum capacity, Vice President Director Tonny Hermawan said on Tuesday.
Burn palm oil for energy, planters urge govt
25/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Palm oil makers in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, urged the government to promote burning the edible oil for energy after initial proposals to reduce output failed to stop prices falling.
Who\'s Coming To The Smallholders\' Rescue?
26/11/2008 (My Sin Chew Online) - With the continued slide in international oil prices, CPO prices are also dragged along and have now touched a low of RM1,400 per tonne. Many smallholders are sent to the brink of bankruptcy.
