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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Thieves stealing used cooking oil for biodiesel
14/05/2008 (Kansas.com) - The price of gasoline has gotten so high that people have begun to steal used cooking oil.
New Britain doubles profit from palm oil
14/05/2008 (Reuters) - New Britain Palm Oil doubled quarterly profits and underlined plans to double acreage over the next seven years in anticipation of strong palm oil prices, the Australasia-focused planter said on Wednesday.
Charity warns of palm oil human rights violations
14/05/2008 (Cosmetics design-europe.com) - War on Want has warned that UK consumers could be fuelling a campaign to displace indigenous people from their land by consuming Colombian palm oil.
Palm oil, war and the true cost of chocolate
14/05/2008 (Ligali) - A recent report by London based advocacy group War and Want has revealed how Britain’s excessive consumption of chocolate is fuelling a war by rightwing paramilitary groups upon the indigenous and African Colombian people.
With markets in turmoil Malaysia turns to bartering in search of rice
15/05/2008 (Times Online, UK) - Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian Government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favour of a barter deal.
Malaysia ready to trade palm oil for rice to stabilize domestic supply
14/05/2008 (International Herald Tribune, France), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is prepared to offer palm oil in exchange for rice to any rice-exporting country as part of efforts to stabilize domestic supply, a Cabinet minister said.
Sarawak’s crude palm oil sales tax up by more than 100%
14/05/2008 (The Star Online), Kuching - The Sarawak government collected more than RM165mil in sales tax on crude palm oil (CPO) last year, more than double the RM69mil collected in 2006.
BOPP Is To Cash In On Higher Palm Oil Prices
13/05/2008 (Modern Ghana.com) - The Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) is poised to cash in on the rising prices of crude palm oil on the international market to raise its revenue, Mr Ishmael Yamson, Board Chairman of the Company has said.
Food crisis forces Malaysia into barter: palm oil for rice
14/05/2008 (Times Online, UK) - Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favour of bartering palm oil for rice.
