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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
Palm oil: The latest green debate
29/11/2008 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) - With environmental groups mounting a worldwide campaign against the expansion of oil palm plantations, Cargill is relying on Conservation International (CI), a Washington, D.C.,- based environmental group, as its ecological guide in Papua New Guinea. Two issues stand out: water contamination and protection of the world's largest butterfly, the endangered Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, a biological wonder boasting a one-foot wingspan that lives near Cargill's Oro Province plantation.
Edible oils rebound as Govt levy import duty; allows export
29/11/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - After remaining in the negative zone for a long spell, edible oils rebounded to close higher up to Rs 800 per quintal during the week under review here after government imposed 20 per cent import duty on crude soybean oil and allowed exports of edible oils.
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.
