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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
Reaching lofty palm oil standards
26/04/2008 (The Star Online) - WITH crude palm oil prices camping well above the RM3,000 per tonne level for several months now, many people must surely be sorely tempted to venture into the plantation sector. After all, coaxing a middling yield from an oil palm holding isn't rocket science, and selling a commodity in a hot market can't be too hard either.
Henkel Joins Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
25/04/2008 (Red Orbit) - German consumer and industrial product manufacturer Henkel has joined the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as an official member, effective April 2008.
Paradise lost for soap and ice cream
25/04/2008(Infoshop News) - Are you a "green" consumer? Even if your intentions are good, your "Earth friendly" soap and organic ice cream may be driving species to extinction and heating up the planet, especially if these products contain palm oil.
Malaysia, Indonesia plan to promote palm oil
25/04/2008 (Business Standard) - Senior officers from Malaysia and Indonesia discussed strategies to promote palm oil in the global market to counter the anti-palm oil campaign in the West, particularly by soy oil producers.
Indonesia hindering Asean FTA
24/04/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Indonesia has turned out to be the surprise sore point in the proposed India-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) that was scheduled to be in place last month. Jakarta’s insistence on offering lower market access to India than other Asean members has held up the pact.
Ethics Girl: The real cost of Dove\'s \'real women\'
23/04/2008 (The Independent) - Think of Dove cosmetics and you might think of a bunch of right-on soap makers, who have contributed to the great feminist movement by plastering pictures of plus-size women in their bras and knickers on advertising billboards across the country.
Kenya oil firm expands ahead of customs union
23/04/2008 (Reuters, Africa), Nairobi - Kenya's leading edible oils processer Bidco is increasing production capacity at a cost of $10 million ahead of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa's customs integration, its boss said on Wednesday.
Govt to start verifying oil palm commodity shipments
23/04/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - The Trade Ministry will start verifying all domestic shipments of oil palm commodities on April 24, Ardiansyah Parman, the director general of domestic trade, said Tuesday.
India soyoil, oilseeds seen up on rising crude
23/04/2008 (Reuters, India), Mumbai - Indian soyoil June futures are seen rising on Wednesday as high crude oil prices raised hopes of fresh demand from the biofuel sector, analysts said.
