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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
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Stop clearing forests, states told
26/06/2008 (NST Online), Putrajaya - State governments should heed the prime minister's directive against clearing permanent forest reserves for oil palm plantations, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin said.
Asian palm oil producers facing a good year: rating agency
26/06/2008 (AFP), Jakarta — High global prices for palm oil mean good times ahead for Asian producers over the next 12 to 18 months but little growth in much-touted biofuels, credit rating agency Moody's said on Thursday.
China impounds palm oil from missing importer-traders
25/06/2008 (Guardia.co.uk), Beijing - Chinese authorities have impounded palm oil stocks in a northern city after a major trading company's boss vanished, leaving a question mark over at least a hundred million yuan in prepayments from clients, traders said on Wednesday.
Felda Expanding Commercial Activities, Says Najib
25/06/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government was focusing on two possibilities in expanding Felda's commercial activities as a major producer of palm oil.
PM: No clearing of forests for oil palm plantations
25/06/2008 (NST Online), Kuala Lumpur - The government will not allow the clearing of forest areas for any new oil palm plantations, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday.
TDM To Increase Investment In Oil Palm Plantations In West Kalimantan
25/06/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Terengganu - TDM Bhd is planning to increase its investments in the oil palm plantation sector in West Kalimantan this year with the acquisition of another 30,000 hectares of plantation land.
Edible oils remain down at wholesale market
24/06/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Wholesale prices of select edible oils fell for the second straight day today in the national capital due to slow down in demand from vanaspati and retail units, even as palm oil prices rose in the global market.
Oxfam: Poor nations should think twice about biofuel boom
24/06/2008 (International Herald Tribune), Brussels - Anti-poverty group Oxfam International on Tuesday urged the world's poorest nations to think twice before jumping on a biofuel boom that could drive farmers off their land and hit food supplies.
