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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
Smallholders call for independent committee
09/04/2009 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The National Smallholders Association (NASH), which represents over 400,000 smallholders nationwide, said the delivery of government funds and technical expertise to smallholders has been inefficient.
Concern over stagnant oil extraction rate
14/04/2009 (The Star Online) - LOCAL palm oil production is looking strong, but the stagnant oil-extraction rate (OER) of palm oil, especially in Peninsular Malaysia that is below 20% for the past 20 years, has been a major concern.
Speculative imports support global vegetable oil market
13/04/2009 (The Hindu Business Line), Mumbai - Why is India importing vegetable oils like nobodys business? At a time when rabi oilseed crops have fared much better than they did last year and summer season (when seasonally cooking oil use declines) is upon us, inflows of various oils into the country have been staggering, to say the least.
Chinese taste for fried food may keep vegetable oils hot despite slump
13/04/2009 (Times Online) - Permanently changed diets in China and the world's unrelenting appetite for fried food may defy the global recession and trigger a “stagflation†surge in the price of edible oils, commodity traders in Asia have said.
New orangutan population found in Indonesia
13/04/2009 (AP), Jakarta - Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia — perhaps as many as 2,000 — giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes.
World\'s Largest Palm Oil Producer Establishes Relationship with SRS Engineering
09/04/2009 (Biodiesel Magazine), Murrieta, CA - SRS Engineering Corp., a Southern California-based biodiesel equipment manufacturer, was visited on March 26, 2009 by a group of Indonesian delegates to uncover potential goods to import and export from the U.S. These delegates, who represent commerce interests in their country, visited a handful of Southern California businesses to discuss potential trade agreements between the two countries.
March 2009 Palm Oil Stocks Down 12.89 Percent
10/04/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's palm oil stocks in March 2009 dropped by 12.89 percent to 1.364 million tonnes from 1.566 million tonnes in the previous month.
How To Save The Biodiesel Industry
08/04/2009 (Forbes) - BURLINGAME, Calif.--Can the biodiesel industry be saved? It's remotely possible--but not unless the government steps in to jump-start the besieged market.
AHMAD IBRAHIM: Consumers should not take palm oil for granted
08/14/2009 (NST Online) - ON a recent trip to London, I chanced upon an article in National Geographic magazine describing the supposed threat posed to Borneo's rainforest by oil palm.
