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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
Mixed forecasts for palm oil at POC2026
CPO FUTURES CLOSE LOWER ONSTRONGER RINGGIT, CONCERNS OVERWEAK DEMAND
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
Wilmar’s Business Unit PPB Oil Palms Berhad to attain the RSPO certification
23/01/2009 (AgriMarket.Info) - Wilmar International Limited, Asia’s leading agribusiness group, announced on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, that its wholly-owned Business Unit, PPB Oil Palms Berhad, has been awarded the certification for sustainable palm oil production, in accordance with the rigorous standards of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Three of its mills have been awarded the RSPO certification, which collectively produce approximately 123,000 metric tones of sustainable crude palm oil annually from their supply base of four plantations of more than 19,400 hectares of Sabah, East Malaysia.
Malaysia can become major biodiesel exporter
23/01/2009 (The Edge Daily), Petaling Jaya - Malaysia has the capacity to be a major palm biodiesel exporter alongside supplying to the local market, said Platinum Energy Sdn Bhd CEO Edward Leung.
Cash reserve to fuel expansion
23/01/2009 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Chin Teck Plantations Bhd has a cash reserve of RM120mil to be used for its expansion plans.
Danisco First with Sustainable Emulsifier
21/01/2009 (Flex News) - Used mainly to bind oil and water in food, these emulsifiers are based on sustainable palm oil or sustainable palm kernel oil. The new sustainable emulsifier meets the increasing consumer demand for ethically correct consumer goods.
Planters crave for more cuts in cess and taxes
21/01/2009 (The Star Online) - AFTER months of lobbying, oil palm planters finally convinced the Government to reduce the burdensome palm oil price stabilisation fund cess to RM2 per tonne from RM4 previously.
The cost of the biofuel boom on Indonesia\'s forests
21/01/2009 (Guardian) - As a child, Matt Aman grew up in the lush tropical lowland rain forest of Sumatra. Tigers padded through the underbrush, rarely seen and silent as shadows. "It made my skin prickle," the indigenous leader recalled recently as he sat on the floor of a stick hut surrounded by fellow villagers.
Indonesia Musim Mas gets green palm oil certificate
21/01/2009 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia's PT Musim Mas has been certified as the country's first firm to have adopted stricter sustainability standards in producing palm oil, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said on Wednesday.
Thai palm oil group plans biomass energy businesses
20/01/2009 (Biofuel International) - Thailand-based palm oil crushing company Vichitbhan Group is investing almost THB2 billion (€44.3 million) to set up biogas and biomass energy businesses.
No tax on palm oil imports, ban on cereals futures to stay: Pawar
21/01/2009 (Live Mint.com), New Delhi - India, the world’s largest buyer of vegetable oils after China, ruled out import taxes on crude palm oil as prices of domestic oilseeds stay above the assured rates that the government pays farmers.
