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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
Cooking Oil Collected to Make Bio-Diesel
02/06/2008 (WHNT) - The recycling center in the city of Florence is busy. Workers have their hands full with bottles, plastic cartons, paper, cardboard, and aluminum cans. Now, there is a new addition - cooking oil.
Biofuel land demand puts peasants at risk - report
02/06/2008 (Reuters, Africa), Rome - The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a report prepared for this week's food summit said.
Biofuels: What do the experts think?
02/06/2008 (CNN) - It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.
Tropical forests in Indonesia and Malaysia being axed in favour of palm oil
02/06/2008 (Thaindian News), London - A report in New Scientist has determined that tropical forests in Indonesia and Malaysia are being axed in favour of palm oil.
High CPO prices make planters opt for forward sales
02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - MOST oil palm plantation companies in Malaysia have successfully locked in crude palm oil (CPO) prices at above RM3,000 per tonne under their forward sales policy this year.
Distorting food and fuel prices
02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - HUGE investment funds are driving up prices of commodities, said US Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recently.
Local firms ride the tide
02/06/2008 (The Star Online) - CONCERNS by economists and analysts that rising costs, coupled with the new political scenario, might severely impact many of the local listed companies’ performance appear unsubstantiated, going by their first quarter results.
Malaysia\'s Rice Diplomacy
01/06/2008 (Global Politician) - Kuala Lumpur has been hard put these days on account of scarcity in essential commodities, particularly rice. As a result, Asian commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after the Malaysian government threatened to abandon standard trading channels in favor of bartering palm oil for rice.
Will the Twain Ever Meet?
01/06/2008 (Scoop Independent News, New Zealand) - Jeff Bradley, a staff writer with Deforestation Watch, has been writing about current affairs for fifteen years. Deforestation Watch was established to drive sustainability mainstream. Striving to be a center of green news, solutions and all things green, we also help corporations looking for green guidance.
