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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
Palm oil ends lower after MPOB’s data release
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.
Sainsbury\'s first with sustainable palm oil
14/05/2008 (Talking Retail) - Sainsbury's claims it will be the first supermarket to launch a food product containing certified sustainable palm oil.
Govt Eyeing Jatropha Oil For Biodiesel Production
14/05/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The government is looking at the possibility of using jatropha oil as a raw material for the production of biodiesel in the future, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
