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Oct 7, 20192 min read
Thailand Expands Palm Oil and Rubber Markets to India
India is the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil, consuming some 12 million tons of vegetable oil, 70% of which is made of palm...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Primary Industries Ministry, Palm Oil Board to Sign MoU with Tsinghua University on Biofuel Research
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
French Palm Oil Imports up as Biodiesel Plant Starts
The commissioning of Total's 500,000t/yr hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel plant at La Mede, Marseille, pushed French palm oil...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
POIC Lahad Datu Designated as Tender Port for CPO, Palm Olein Futures
The designation of POIC Lahad Datu as a Tender Port for Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and Palm Olein Futures Contracts serves as an affirmation...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
KUB Plans to Exit Oil Palm Plantation Business in Sarawak
KUB Malaysia Bhd is targeting to dispose some of its assets, including oil palm plantation land and a mill in Sarawak, to improve cash...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Gamalux to Profit from Sustainability Policies of EU
Amid the uproar over the European Union’s (EU) discriminatory move against palm oil, one player in the Malaysian palm oil downstream...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Teresa Kok: More Funds, Research Needed to Counter West’s Anti-Palm Oil Campaign
The Primary Industries and Commodities Ministry is in need of more money in order to conduct in-depth research on the benefits of palm...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Palm Oil Industry Makes Joint Call for CSPO Support
Sime Darby Plantation Bhd and the European Palm Oil Alliance (EPOA) as well as other industry associations, stakeholder companies and...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
'Expect Palm Oil Price Recovery'
Crude palm oil (CPO) price could be heading towards a recovery, according to local and international investment banks. This assumption...
Oct 7, 20191 min read
The Outstanding Characteristics of Palm Oil
Palm oil is one of Nature's richest sources of Vitamin E tocotrienols and pro-Vitamin A carotenoids. It is cholesterol-free. Studies have...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Solvent Extractors Association Asks to Hike Import Duty on Malaysian Refined Palm Oil
India Is the World’s Leading Vegetable Oil Buyer Expressing concern over Malaysian palm oil flooding Indian markets, edible oil trade...
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Boustead Plantations CEO Chow Retires, Azlan to be Acting Chief
Boustead Plantation Bhd’s chief executive officer Chow Kok Choy will be stepping down from his post effective July 31, following his...
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Indonesia Testing 30% Biodiesel in Cars; Next Trains
Indonesia on Thursday began testing biodiesel with a bio-content of 30% in cars, its energy ministry said, as the Southeast Asian nation...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Malaysia PM Mahathir Takes Aim at International Community over Anti-Palm Oil Narrative
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday (Jun 17) hit out at the international community's negative perceptions of the palm...
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Hoteliers Urged to Promote Palm Oil Benefits to Tourists
The Ministry of Primary Industries has called on hotel operators to play their part and promote palm oil benefits to foreign visitors....
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